Author Archive for Susannah Black

On Writing in Dark Times
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On Writing in Dark Times

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by on Nov 28, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ, The Social Order
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In a (very) recent episode of the confessional Lutheran podcast “Issues, Etc.,” Matt Harrison, interviewing Allan Carlson, reflected on the meaning of the recent election for social conservatives. I’m sure we’ve all been immersed in this sort of thinking, this past week or so: Harrison said that “while there’s not an inevitability to this, we may […]

The Suppositions Behind Obama’s Contraception Coverage
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The Suppositions Behind Obama’s Contraception Coverage

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by on Feb 29, 2012 in Featured, The Social Order
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Recently, the Obama administration declared that all employers, including Catholic institutions, will be required to offer free insurance coverage for birth control to their employees. In the weeks since the declaration, the controversy that it stirred up caused the administration to revise its decision, putting in place “accommodations” by which it hopes to quell the […]