10/01/2005
Scarred Epistemologies: What a Theology of the Cross Has to Say about the Gay Marriage Ban
October 2005 (Volume 5 Issue 10)
[1] I live and teach religion and ethics in Ohio, one of the eleven states in the 2004 election that passed constitutional amendments effectively precluding any legal and civil recognition or institution of gay marriage. The passage of this state amendment dubbed colloquially as the ‘ban on gay marriage’ generated much local controversy within my […]
Skull Valley: Nuclear Waste, Tribal Sovereignty, and Environmental Racism
October 2005 (Volume 5 Issue 10)
The following article is revised and excerpted from a book co-authored with Robert L. Stivers, Christian Environmental Ethics: A Case Method Approach, Orbis Books, 2003. [1] The energy bill that President Bush signed into law this summer included several features designed to benefit the nuclear power industry. For example, the legislation authorized research, development, and […]