Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld

Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld is author of Warren’s Words: Smart Commentary on Social Justice (Purple Press); editor of Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price (Beacon Press), and co-editor of Readings for Diversity and Social Justice (Routledge) and Investigating Christian Privilege and Religious Oppression in the United States (Sense), and co-author of Looking at Gay and Lesbian Life (Beacon Press).

All articles by Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld

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  Why I don’t pledge my allegiance to the American flag

  Thursday, June 22, 2017

  Patriotism is not the same thing as nationalism.

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  Trump’s selective caring tells allies & adversaries everything they need to know

  Wednesday, June 21, 2017

  President Trump shows compassion for the victims of crimes against humanity selectively, only speaking out when to do so would advance his political agenda.

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  Why did Baptists reject this Texas pastor’s condemnation of white supremacists?

  Monday, June 19, 2017

  Dwight McKissic wanted the Southern Baptist Convention to condemn white nationalism, white supremacy, and the alt-right.

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  The parallels between today and Nazi Germany are striking

  Sunday, June 18, 2017

  If we are unwilling to see these parallels, then we cannot learn from the past.

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  Rising in rebellion against ‘tyrants’ & ‘radicals’ means supporting gun control

  Thursday, June 15, 2017

  Conservatives say we can't control gun ownership so citizens can defend themselves against "tyrants." But who is lining their pockets while allowing us to die?

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  #FakeNews: The deep state & political doublespeak

  Tuesday, June 13, 2017

  In the final analysis, truth will win out.

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  Will Donald Trump’s character defects imperil the world?

  Thursday, May 25, 2017

  Trump and his administration have been continually undermining democratic values and human rights in his own country, so how will that play out worldwide?

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  Pride, consumerism, & the sale of a civil rights movement

  Tuesday, May 23, 2017

  A few years ago, I entered my classroom and was about to introduce that day’s lesson when a large poster pinned to the bulletin board caught my eye.

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  He’s ‘assertive’ but she’s ‘bossy’: The double standard language of gender

  Monday, May 22, 2017

  When males and females both exhibit similar behaviors, the sex we are assigned at birth will often determine the societal stereotype affixed to that behavior.

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  Do you suffer from the newest form of PTSD?

  Thursday, May 18, 2017

  “President Trump Stress Disorder” has assaulted the worldwide collective body politic as a virus attacks the body’s defenses.

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