Catherine Meeks Opposing racism needs to be rooted in the vision of God’s dream The Christian faith is based upon being committed to God’s dream for us personally and communally. Our living creatively into the future involves our devotion to the compelling vision of…
Ibram X. Kendi The cycle hardened the racist ideas inside me Like the famous question about the chicken and the egg, the answer is less important than the cycle it describes. Racist ideas make people of color think less of themselves,…
Uncategorized White Christian Nationalism in the United States: An Online Mini-Conference https://raac.iupui.edu/programs/events/white-christian-nationalism-in-the-united-states-an-online-mini-conference/
Robert P. Jones Segregation As blacks began to pour into northern cities to escape oppression in the South as part of the “great migration” in the early nineteen hundreds, the Catholic Church responded by…
Diana Butler Bass “Grateful athletes are more satisfied with their team and overall lives.” In a recent academic study, Professor Lung Hung Cheng discovered that athletes with a strong sense of gratitude had a higher sense of personal well-being and team satisfaction: “Grateful athletes…
Barbara Brown Taylor “I’m working at it” Thanks to Nicodemus, I started borrowing a line from Maya Angelou, recipient of the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom, who said she was always amazed when people came up to…
Brian McLaren Your three-member committee Your singular human brain functions like a three-member committee. Each of your three primary modules includes many distinct submodules that in turn contain even smaller submodules, and the interactions among…
Uncategorized Has the pandemic prepared us for pilgrimages? by Wes Granberg-Michaelson https://www.christiancentury.org/article/reflection/has-pandemic-prepared-us-pilgrimages
Susan K. Smith It is our very denial which has allowed the system to continue Though this book will be talking about race and its impact on how both the Bible and the United States Constitution have been read, interpreted, and applied, it is important…
Catherine Meeks The transformation of hearts is essential Opposing racism but not being active in combatting it sounds rather benign. Forfeiting opportunities to act creatively for race relations may be the greatest contributor to racism’s malignant persistence in…
Religion News Service United Church of Christ declares racism a public health crisis from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/07/14/ucc-united-church-of-christ-declares-racism-a-public-health-crisis/
Mark Feldmeir God loves the stranger and commands us to do likewise I cannot suggest what that should mean for you. One cannot legislate love. I can only remind you that in Scripture it is accepted without controversy or question: God loves…
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons King’s commitment to representing the God-given dignity of human life The religious conservatives’ opposition to the civil rights nature of Rev. Dr. King’s ministry also came into focus during the final years of his life, when he embraced a broader…
Robert P. Jones Why are White evangelicals embracing an anti-democratic movement? from the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/12/white-evangelicals-decline-spurs-an-anti-democratic-movement/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_opinions
Amanda Henderson We have minimal experience or historical perspective As an American society, we have minimal experience of or historical perspective on the vast diversity of religious beliefs, practices, histories, and cultures present in the United States. We have…
Diana Butler Bass America is no longer as evangelical as it was — and here’s why by Diana Butler Bass Opinion: America is no longer as evangelical as it was -- and here's why - CNN
Uncategorized The Christian Right Is in Decline, and It’s Taking America With It from the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/opinion/religious-right-america.html
Diana Butler Bass Not Dead Yet White mainline Protestants now outnumber white evangelicals, and conventional wisdom goes out the window. by Diana Butler Bass https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/not-dead-yet
Brian McLaren When a paradigm fails For many of us, faith is our map of reality, our map of the universe. It tells us where we are, where we’ve been, where we’re going, where to turn.…
Religion News Service Patriot games: CRT, Christian nationalism and a battle for the real truth of America https://religionnews.com/2021/07/02/patriot-games-crt-christian-nationalism-and-a-battle-for-the-real-truth-of-america/
Uncategorized Christian nationalists Americans have never had a monolithic view of Jesus, nor have they had a monolithic understanding of what Christianity is. In fact, so-called liberals and conservatives are miles apart when…
