Theology - Page 2

A group of white men sit with heads bowed. One of them has white hair, a red tie and blue suit. Next to him is a man with brown hair, blue suit and tie. His hands are clasped. Behind them stands a Black man in a blue suit and red tie, head bowed.

Trump and the ruinous gospel of power

by Ashley Moyse

White evangelicals’ embrace of the U.S. president is transforming faith into a weapon of the state

A black-and-white photo shows people sitting in bleachers and in chairs on a stage as other people in church robes stand.

The church union that was — and wasn’t

by Andrew Faiz

Not all Presbyterians joined the United Church in 1925. A personal look at those who stayed, and how their witness has evolved

A collage of different people. From the top, there is a white woman with brown hair in a green dress, below her is a white man with white hair, glasses and smiling, below him is a group of Black and brown people next to an IV bag. Below is a rainbow, a CD that says, "Don't panic", a book that says, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," a ceramic angel. In the middle is a robot, a pocket watch, a book that says, "This United Church of Ours". Avobe is a sign that says, "Sunday Service Cancelled", a group of children sitting in front of a priest and a Black man with a pink towel on his head. He is wearing glasses and has his thumb up.

A hitchhiker’s guide to the future of The United Church of Canada

by Pieta Woolley

On the denomination's 100th anniversary, our essayist takes on the eternal question of its survival

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The Indigenous United Church: a journey to right relations

by Teresa Burnett-Cole

Members call for autonomy and healing in a relationship shaped by colonialism

A white woman with curly hair is in a wheelchair and smiling. She has glasses and is wearing a red hat and red button-up shirt, black pants. Her hands are in her lap.

Rabbi Julia Watts Belser reimagines God with a disability

by Amy Panton

The Grawemeyer Award winner challenges ideas of bodies and the sacred in her new book

Illustration of a woman holding the pill, a man preaching, a green helicopter, a book that says, "The Courage to Be" and a Time Cover that says "Is God Dead?", people protesting with a sign that says, "Drop Acid Not Bombs" On top in white, it says "The New Curriculum" and in black underneath it says "By Josiah Neufeld and Jonathan Dyck"

The New Curriculum that sparked a controversy

by Jonathan Dyck and Josiah Neufeld

The United Church introduced a forward-thinking Sunday school program in the 1960s, but not everyone was ready for the modern theology

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The United Church was forged in the fires of the social gospel

by Julie McGonegal

A Christian call to justice still animates today’s progressive movements

United Church moderators reflect on the past, present and future

by Broadview Staff

Check out these extended interviews with the denomination's past leaders

An elderly white man in a beige bucket hat and red and white flannel shirt poses in front of a flowering bush. He is wearing black-framed glasses and smiling.

‘God’s disappointment will still motivate some of us’

by Erin Pepler

Ahead of the United Church's 100th anniversary, its oldest living moderator Bruce McLeod is still fighting injustice

An older white man in a papal outfit with white cap, white button-up robe and a necklace smiles and has his hand up waving

Pope Francis left a roadmap for us. Will we follow it?

by Michael W. Higgins

We can't afford to ignore his calls to champion the poor and support the planet

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