Uncategorized Five tech innovations used as weapons against people of faith from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/11/12/five-tech-innovations-used-as-weapons-against-people-of-faith/
Uncategorized US Muslims gave more to charity than other Americans in 2020 Muslim Americans gave more to charity in 2020 than non-Muslims, a new study found. They are also more likely to volunteer, we learned. https://theconversation.com/us-muslims-gave-more-to-charity-than-other-americans-in-2020-170689
Uncategorized Contributions of this book Though we intend for this book to be introductory, we also hope that it will make substantive contributions to larger conversations regarding reparations both inside and outside of communities of…
Uncategorized My first attempt at writing about autism My first attempt at writing about autism begins with a direct, three-word sentence: “I am autistic.” The simple declaration is the most hard-won line in a piece filled with them.…
Uncategorized Feeling grateful empowers the soul In non-European religious communities, the emotions of gratitude serve as the foundation of personal resilience and joy, as a soulful pathway to the truest kinds of freedom and liberation. Gratitude…
Uncategorized If something threatens your survival, safety, or security Your survival module seems to have a special kind of veto power in matters of belief. If something threatens your survival, safety, or security - including your financial security -…
Uncategorized The religion of empire Even within Christianity itself, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of denominations all claiming to know the true message of Jesus the Christ. Now, as in ancient and pre-biblical days,…
Uncategorized The opportunities to end racial alienation are available Howard Thurman provides us keen insights for taking personal responsibility and opportunities to combat racism. His analysis of hate beginning in situations of no contact and no sympathetic understanding focuses…
Uncategorized Money and Activism: Faith-Fueled Investing to Fight Climate Change by Julia Camenisch https://www.redletterchristians.org/money-and-activism-faith-fueled-investing-to-fight-climate-change/
Uncategorized What’s the problem with being “not racist”? What’s the problem with being “not racist”? It is a claim that signifies neutrality: “I am not a racist, but neither am I aggressively against racism.” But there is no…
Uncategorized Convictions Our response is framed by seven core convictions that we believe are foundational to a constructive engagement with the work of reparations. The first regards the nature of racism itself.…
Uncategorized In 2019, Almost All of Facebook’s Top Christian Pages Were Run By Foreign Troll Farms https://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tech-gaming/almost-all-of-facebooks-top-christian-pages-are-run-by-foreign-troll-farms/
Uncategorized Business schools are getting more progressive. These 8 courses show how The Aspen Institute, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, says it aims to honor professors teaching students “new ideas about the role of business in creating a sustainable, inclusive…
Uncategorized Did you recognize him? As is apt to happen with susceptible male patients, I fell in love with one of my nurses. She was a young woman from the Aran Islands named Susie. She…
Uncategorized The gifts of neurodiversity The phrase “the gifts of neurodiversity” appears in the subtitle. Neurodiversity’s gifts do not form a discrete list. I think they are ways of being, of approaching our days; they…
Uncategorized A letter from Jourdon Dayton, Ohio August 7, 1865 To My Old Master, Colonel P. H. Anderson, Big Spring, Tennessee Sir: I got your letter, and was glad that you had not forgotten Jourdon,…
Uncategorized As kids return to school, we must protect their right to rest. Sabbath practices can help. by Kate H. Rademacher https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/as-kids-return-to-school-we-must-protect-their-right-to-rest-sabbath-practices-can-help/2021/08/31/0e910a42-0aa3-11ec-a7c8-61bb7b3bf628_story.html
Uncategorized Church Where MLK Launched His Civil Rights Career to Become a Museum https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mlk-church-museum-grant-alabama-civil-rights-bus-boycott-180978446/
Uncategorized Netflix’s ‘Pray Away’ Is A Humanizing Look At ‘Gay Conversion’ Therapy Survivors “It’s undeniable that this movement causes harm,” said filmmaker Kristine Stolakis, whose late uncle hoped to “cure” his trans identity with reparative therapy. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/netflix-pray-away-lgbtq-conversion-therapy-documentary_n_610d2df7e4b0e28b31e033c5
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/
Uncategorized Has the pandemic prepared us for pilgrimages? by Wes Granberg-Michaelson https://www.christiancentury.org/article/reflection/has-pandemic-prepared-us-pilgrimages
