Shane Claiborne
Shane Claiborne is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Shane Claiborne
Stop the execution of Jeff Wood, in the name of Jesus
By Shane Claiborne — August 18, 2016
(RNS) When it comes to executions in America, we are not killing the worst of the worst; we are killing the poorest of the poor.
Family members showed Dylann Roof mercy. Why can’t prosecutors?
By Shane Claiborne — May 26, 2016
(RNS) Can we, as a nation, do better than killing those who kill in order to show that killing is wrong?
Falwell misses the mark with gun remarks (COMMENTARY)
By Shane Claiborne — December 8, 2015
(RNS) It’s hard to imagine Jesus enrolling for the concealed weapons class at Liberty University. And it is even harder imagining Jesus approving of the words of Falwell as he openly threatens Muslims.
Executions are down and abolition may not be far behind (COMMENTARY)
By Shane Claiborne — February 4, 2015
(RNS) The death penalty is in critical condition. Might 2015 be a year of abolition?
What’s in a name? The image of God (COMMENTARY)
By Shane Claiborne — December 9, 2014
(RNS) We can’t make injustice history until we make injustice personal.
Wheaton College tackles the death penalty with Jesus in mind (COMMENTARY)
By Shane Claiborne — November 5, 2014
(RNS) This forum is encouraging because it points beyond itself -- to an evangelicalism that looks more like Jesus than the evangelicalism of the past few decades.
Welcoming the stranger, even if it’s against the law (COMMENTARY)
By Shane Claiborne — October 2, 2014
(RNS) Jesus says that when we welcome the stranger we welcome him. To God’s question: "When I was a stranger, did you welcome me?" we are not going to say: "Sorry, God. Congress wouldn't let us."
COMMENTARY: A pastor’s solitary march to end an injustice
By Shane Claiborne — June 18, 2014
(RNS) It’s not just liberals anymore, but all sorts of reasonable people (including conservative faith leaders), who are convinced that we can do better than this as a country -- and we must.
Shane Claiborne on Pope Francis: Making the unremarkable remarkable
By Shane Claiborne — March 13, 2014
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) The most remarkable thing about the pope is that what he is doing should not be remarkable.
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