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View ArticleHard-line positions such as anti-abortion carry costs
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Kelly Stewart Grace on the Margins Grace on the Margins: Recent comments about Ray Rice were reminiscent of the troubling ways in which many Christians, especially clergy, talk about abuse.
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View ArticleAbortion and the 'muddled middle'
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View ArticleMemoir of a millennial steelworker
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View Article'The Ethics of Encounter' makes Catholic social teaching more accessible
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View ArticleAuthor urges progressive Christians to organize, fight — not dialogue
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