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How a Reformation scholar became an evangelical social activist

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Aug 03, 2022
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That I thought to mention theologian Ron Sider in yesterday’s newsletter is partly because he passed away last week at age 82. Most of the immediate obituaries emphasized his work as the founder of Evangelicals for Social Action (ESA, later renamed Christians for Social Action). Here’s Christianity Today, for example:

For nearly 50 years, Sider called ev…

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