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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

@liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org
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ED of @kairoscenter.org, Co-Founder, Poor People's Campaign, Author of You Only Get What You're Organized to Take: Lessons From the Movement to End Poverty (Beacon Press). liztheoharis.org

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 25/06/2026
Today, the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to asylum protections in a decision that strikes at the moral bedrock of our nation. Read about faith leaders' intervention in this case.🧵 liztheoharis.org/give-me-your...
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 10/05/2026
Read this important thread from my amazing sister @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social about the powerful and visionary Coretta Scott King…
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Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice @uusj.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Freedom Demands We Organize: A National UU Call to Moral Action Tuesday, May 5th 8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT • 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT Get Your Tickets here: bit.ly/We-Organize
The prophets suggest constructing society around the needs of the poor: Stop gentrifying communities, stop allowing the cops to terrorize, start paying your workers just wages, build your society from the bottom up...

We are to organize society around the least of these, who are most of us.
--Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis


Freedom Demands We Organize 
A National UU Call to Moral Action 

Tuesday, May 5th 
8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT • 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT


Get Your Tickets here:  bit.ly/We-Organize
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 22/04/2026
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor… The Case for Asylum in These Less Than United States tomdispatch.com/give-me-your...
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Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor…
In late March, I sat in the gallery of the Supreme Court for the first time in my life. Throughout my 30 years of grassroots anti-poverty work, I've joined countless protests and vigils outside the
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Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice @uusj.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Freedom Demands We Organize A National UU Call to Moral Action Join Rev. Liz Theoharis for a gathering to help #UUs meet this moment with courage, solidarity, and strategic action. Tuesday, May 5th 8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT • 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT • 4:00 pm AT • 2:00 pm HT 🔗 bit.ly/We-Organize
Freedom Demands We Organize
A National UU Call to Moral Action 

Join Rev. Liz Theoharis for a gathering to help Unitarian Universalists  meet this moment with courage, solidarity, and strategic action.

Tuesday, May 5th
 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT • 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT • 4:00 p.m. AT • 2:00 p.m. HT

Get Your Tickets here:  bit.ly/We-Organize
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Sargent Shriver Peace Institute @shriverpeace.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The second conversation, moderated by historian Adam Green, who wrote the introduction and annotations for the memoir, featured Rev. Liz Theoharis and Bobby Shriver.
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TomDispatch @tomdispatch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
From TomDispatch last evening: Liz Theoharis, "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor... The Case for Asylum in These Less Than United States" tomdispatch.com/give-me-your...
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Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor…
In late March, I sat in the gallery of the Supreme Court for the first time in my life. Throughout my 30 years of grassroots anti-poverty work, I've joined countless protests and vigils outside the
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Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice @uusj.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Freedom Demands We Organize: A National UU Call to Moral Action Join Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis for a gathering to help #UUs meet this moment with courage, solidarity, & strategic action. Tuesday, May 5th 8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT • 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT Buy Your Tickets Here: bit.ly/We-Organize
Freedom Demands We Organize: A National UU Call to Moral Action 

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Tuesday, May 5th
 8:00 pm ET • 7:00 pm CT • 6:00 pm MT • 5:00 pm PT • 4:00 pm AT • 2:00 pm HT

Buy Your Tickets Here: bit.ly/We-Organize
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 21/04/2026
Here’s the truth of these times: this administration has nothing to offer everyday people, other than hardened borders and wars that nobody wants. www.commondreams.org/opinion/asyl...
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The Jingoist States of America: Our Cruel Mistreatment of Asylum Seekers | Common Dreams
At such a moment in history, a movement that connects the dots between our many struggles is certainly the way forward. The plight of refugees—and how we treat them as a society—is a story that connec...
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 17/04/2026
My remarks at the LBJ Presidential Library @lbjlibrary.bsky.social - Poverty in America Today youtu.be/k4iUQoSyfh8?...
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The State of the American Dream: Poverty in America Today
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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
@kairoscenter.org’s @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org blesses the crowd and calls out the sin of how we treat the migrant and the refugee (as Jesus’ family was) on this Good Friday.
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Presbyterian Outlook @presoutlook.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Pictures taken by @gdbrekke.bsky.social for the Pesbyterian Outlook.
More than 400 faith leaders crowded the sanctuary of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning, January 29, 2026, to pray and organize, urging the U.S. Senate to vote against further funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and for greater oversight of the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel. Photo by Gregg Brekke for Presbyterian Outlook.A group of 80 faith leaders engaged in civil protest on Thursday, January 29, where they sang and sat in the building’s atrium. They were arrested and booked on a misdemeanor charge of impeding business flow. Photo by Gregg Brekke for Presbyterian Outlook.

More than 400 faith leaders crowded the sanctuary of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning, January 29, 2026, to pray and organize, urging the U.S. Senate to vote against further funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and for greater oversight of the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel. Photo by Gregg Brekke for Presbyterian Outlook.Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis is placed under arrest by US Capitol Police during a Faith in Action civil disobedience action at the Hart Senate building, along with 80 other interfaith leaders gathered, urging the Senate to vote no on continued funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration Control and Enforcement (ICE). Photo by Gregg Brekke for Presbyterian Outlook.
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Presbyterian Outlook @presoutlook.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
More than 400 faith leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., to pray, organize and speak out — urging the U.S. Senate to vote no on continued DHS funding without meaningful oversight of ICE. —@gdbrekke.bsky.social “This is where the church needs to be,” said @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org
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Faith leaders gather in Washington, D.C. to urge Senate vote against DHS funding
Faith In Action coalition of 40 faith-based organizations and dozens of denominations join in advocacy and action.
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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Please amplify: Faith leaders including my sister Rev. @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org of the @kairoscenter.org getting arrested now demanding, "Not in our name. No funding for ICE!" www.facebook.com/watch/live/?...
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Redirecting...
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Word&Way @wordandway.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
For today’s devotional, @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org of @kairoscenter.org and @unitethepoor.bsky.social reminds us we are called to help bring the empire of God — not of any power or principality — into being. And as the Lord’s Prayer exhorts, resist the temptations and trappings of the unjust.
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Unsettling Advent 2025, Day 9
“He shall defend the needy among the people; he shall rescue the poor and crush the oppressor.
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Presbyterian Outlook @presoutlook.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
We Pray Freedom: Liturgies and Rituals From the Freedom Church of the Poor "We Pray Freedom," edited by Liz Theoharis and Charon Hribar, curates liturgies and prayers rooted in justice, healing, and community. — Amy Pagliarella @broadleafbooks.bsky.social @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org
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We Pray Freedom: Liturgies and Rituals From the Freedom Church of the Poor
"We Pray Freedom," edited by Liz Theoharis and Charon Hribar, gathers liturgies, prayers and poems linking justice, advocacy and the gospel.
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Presbyterian Outlook @presoutlook.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We Pray Freedom: Liturgies and Rituals From the Freedom Church of the Poor "We Pray Freedom," edited by Liz Theoharis and Charon Hribar, curates liturgies and prayers rooted in justice, healing, and community. — Amy Pagliarella @broadleafbooks.bsky.social @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org
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We Pray Freedom: Liturgies and Rituals From the Freedom Church of the Poor
"We Pray Freedom," edited by Liz Theoharis and Charon Hribar, gathers liturgies, prayers and poems linking justice, advocacy and the gospel.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
“We must build the strength to make a theological and spiritual vision of everybody-in-nobody-out a reality and create the capacity, powered by faith, to make it so. Now is the time.” — @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org
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You Can’t Worship God and Money
It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to the passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, political and religious leaders quoted scripture
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 04/10/2025
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
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STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America...
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Over the past decades, not just during Trump’s terms, the use of the Bible to justify what passes for “law and order” (and the punishing of the poor) has only intensified. @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org says this is anything but new in the US.
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You Can’t Worship God and Money
It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to the passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, political and religious leaders quoted scripture
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
You can’t, but that hasn’t stopped Republican politicians and religious leaders from using biblical references to punish the poor. @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org
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You Can’t Worship God and Money
It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to the passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, political and religious leaders quoted scripture
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 18/09/2025
Trump’s theological apologists use Jesus’s name & the Bible’s texts to justify deadly, inhumane, & unchristian policy/action. 30 years ago, these same texts were used to prop up American imperial power & punish the poor via the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. This led me to become a biblical scholar. 🧵1
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 11/09/2025
"In a Trumpian world, where Christian extremism is becoming the norm, we must not let the words of Beulah Sanders be forgotten or the worst fears of countless prophets and freedom fighters come true." www.alternet.org/trump-using-...
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Theologian says the 'Trump admin and its apologists are working overtime — using Jesus' name'
It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to the passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, political and religious leaders quoted scripture...
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 09/09/2025
✨ Launch day ✨ These prayers rise from the wisdom of poor and dispossessed communities—embodied practices that transform, empower & reclaim the sacred as collective action for justice. #WePrayFreedom 👉 bit.ly/WePrayFreedom
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 10/09/2025
There is never a suggestion, of course, that the rich, who have functionally stolen people’s wages and engorged themselves by denying them healthcare, are in any way to blame, writes @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org: www.commondreams.org/opinion/bibl...
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Beware Rich Men Quoting the Bible to Punish the Poor | Common Dreams
​The Trump administration and its theological apologists are working overtime, using Jesus’ name and the Bible’s contents in even more devastating rounds of immoral biblical (mis)references.
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 10/09/2025
"The whole of the Christian Bible, starting with Genesis and ending with the Book of Revelation, has an arc of justice to it. The historical equivalents of anti-poverty programs run through it all." www.nationofchange.org/2025/09/10/y...
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You can’t worship God and money | NationofChange
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 10/09/2025
“Over the past decades, the use of the Bible to justify what passes for ‘law and order’ (and the punishing of the poor) has only intensified." Read on! www.commondreams.org/opinion/bibl...
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Beware Rich Men Quoting the Bible to Punish the Poor | Common Dreams
​The Trump administration and its theological apologists are working overtime, using Jesus’ name and the Bible’s contents in even more devastating rounds of immoral biblical (mis)references.
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TomDispatch @tomdispatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Theological Abominations in Trump's America by @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org
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You Can’t Worship God and Money
It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to the passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, political and religious leaders quoted scripture
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 09/09/2025
"Such 'Christian' politicians regularly misuse Biblical passages to blame the impoverished for their poverty. There is never a suggestion that the rich, who have stolen people’s wages and engorged themselves by denying them healthcare, are in any way to blame." Read on! truthout.org/articles/tru...
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Trump Admin, GOP Continue to Weaponize Bible to Punish Poor, Defend Imperialism
Willfully misinterpreting the Bible to justify what passes for “law and order” has only intensified in recent decades.
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 09/09/2025
✨ We Pray Freedom is out now—prayers + rituals for justice + liberation. 👉 bit.ly/WePrayFreedom These aren’t just prayers—they’re blueprints for liberation. #WePrayFreedom #WeSingFreedom #LiturgiesOfLiberation
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 08/09/2025
TOMORROW “We Pray Freedom” launches! (order in bio) "In a time of plenty marred by so much poverty, organizing for social, political, and economic change is holy work." –Charon Hribar from “Celebration”
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 07/09/2025
This Tuesday!
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 05/09/2025
4 days left to preorder “We Pray Freedom”! (link in bio) "We join together with the ancient witnesses of our faiths, to weep, wail, and mourn until we finally get the nation's attention." –Rev. Dr. Jessica Williams "We will continue to organize and fight!" –Rev. Dr. Letiah Fraser
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 04/09/2025
5 days left to preorder “We Pray Freedom”! (link in bio) "Love rises into action, love flows through us and among and beyond us to our siblings in exodus because love knows no borders.” –Rev. Dr. Beth Johnson from “A Prayer for Migrant Justice”
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 03/09/2025
6 days left to preorder “We Pray Freedom”! (link in bio) "Goddess born from the struggle between good and evil, guide us toward the light. In a world where plenty is possible, let us end hunger, thirst, and homelessness." –Shailly Gupta Barnes from “A Prayer for Diwali”
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 02/09/2025
ONE WEEK LEFT to preorder “We Pray Freedom”! (link in bio) “No one is getting left behind this time, we get there together or never get there at all.” –Joshua Blaine from "We Get There Together, Passover Seder: The Ritual”
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 01/09/2025
8 days left to preorder “We Pray Freedom”! (link in bio) "We breathe as one with all life and dedicate our breath to remembering and protecting and taking good care of those most basic and essential elements of life -- for all."–Karenna Gore from “Liturgy for the Earth”
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 31/08/2025
9 days left to preorder “We Pray Freedom”! (link in bio) "If we get caught up in our rituals and don't hear the cry of the poor... then our fasting is in vain."–Jamel Coy Hudson from “A Ramadan Ritual”
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 30/08/2025
10 days left to preorder “We Pray Freedom”! (link in bio) “Courage, my friend, you do not move alone. We will move with you, and sing your spirit home.” –Ciara Taylor from a South African Anti-Apartheid Movement Song
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 29/08/2025
Only 11 days until “We Pray Freedom” hits the shelves! (preorder link in bio) "Oramos por las almas de las personas fallecidas en los desiertos, en las montañas, en los rios y oceanos en su camino por una mejor vida." –ana g. lara lopez from “Día de los Muertos and All Saints' Day: The Prayer“
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 28/08/2025
Only 12 days until “We Pray Freedom” hits the shelves! (preorder link in bio) "May the Lord's holy fires alight upon the oppressive empire and make way for the kingdom of heaven on earth."–Tim Shenk from “Prayer for Pentecost”
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 26/08/2025
14 days left to preorder “We Pray Freedom”! Link in bio. "We ring the bells for our best selves, yet to be. For our friends, Family, and all who join us in our quest for justice and an end to poverty amidst plenty." –Ashley Hufnagel from “A Bell Ceremony: The Ritual”
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 25/08/2025
15 days until launch!
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24/08/2025
16 days until #WePrayFreedom!
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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 22/08/2025
"We Pray Freedom" will be released on September 9th. The book contains ritual practices & liturgies from over 80 faith and movement leaders.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
In the US, the liberatory heart of Christianity, among other religious traditions, has always been a source of strength for popular social movements. It still plays a vital role in advancing a more just and vibrant democracy in the Trump era. @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org @tomdispatch.bsky.social
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Winning Hearts and Minds
Most days, in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Bible Belt, the old sanctuary at Christ Lutheran Church sits empty. Decades ago, it was home to a congregation of 3,000 people. By the late 1990s, that number
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🎸last hippy🌵 @bobzavoda.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Honorables: Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis w/ Noam Sandweiss-Back "This Far-Right Movement Is Hijacking Local Churches" ".... we can’t concede religion to extremists. Christian nationalists weaponize the Good Book ... distort the word of God with impunity. ..." link: www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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This Far-Right Movement Is Hijacking Local Churches
Local faith leaders are fighting back, refusing to let the Bible and the church be hijacked by extremists.
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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) @pcusa.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The 71st Synod School commenced on Sunday with worship led by the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis who focused on this year's theme: “Re-Forming ‘Normal’: Expanding Hope.” Read more about the service here: pcusa.org/news-storyte...
A black and white photo of the Statue of Liberty. A quote from the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis: “It doesn't have to be this way.
This isn't as good as it gets. We as a nation can expand hope, have a dream and expand justice."
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · 31/07/2025
"We need to forge new alliances across racial, religious, geographic, and partisan lines... we can’t concede religion to extremists" @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org www.thenation.com/article/acti... with @thenation.com
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This Far-Right Movement Is Hijacking Local Churches
Local faith leaders are fighting back, refusing to let the Bible and the church be hijacked by extremists.
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