Peter Laarman

Peter Laarman is a United Church of Christ minister who served as senior minister of New York’s Judson Memorial Church and then as executive director of LA’s Progressive Christians Uniting before retiring in 2014. He remains deeply involved in national and regional social justice projects touching on race, class, and religion.

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Religion Dispatches

Biden's Embrace of 'Victory Culture' is a Victory for Toxic White Christianity

Every new day reveals fresh hints of Joe Biden’s wish to be remembered as a winning war president, as he contests rising Chinese power on every front while also arming Zelensky and Netanyahu to the…

Peter Laarman

October 31, 2023

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Religion Dispatches

When 'Church Business' Yields a Real Page Turner

I have to admit that Michelle Huneven’s new novel was almost too delicious for me, even more addictive than a box of chocolate truffles or a big bag of Cape Cod potato chips (with sea salt, naturally)…

Peter Laarman

December 29, 2022

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Religion Dispatches

Evangelicals Clutching Pearls Over Student Debt Relief: Lord Have Mercy!

What with Ukraine , Mar-a-Lago , Jerome Powell, and what-not, I suppose we can be forgiven (ha!) if we didn’t pay a lot of attention to the gnashing of teeth over President Biden’s long-delayed…

Peter Laarman

September 1, 2022

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