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…
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…
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/
Catherine Meeks Embedded in how American institutions and systems function Centuries of racial discrimination and injustice are the foundation upon which current social and economic institutions stand. Education, for example, is touted as a way for persons to participate fully…
Robert P. Jones Underneath the glossy, self-congratulatory histories This book puts forward a simple proposition: it is time - indeed, well beyond time - for white Christians in the United States to reckon with the racism of our…
Lenny Duncan The roots of black Lutheranism in America Jehu would eventually be sent to Philadelphia to be a missionary to the black community there. He founded St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Center City Philadelphia. He bought the land…
Leigh Finke A choice? Some people remain convinced that being queer is a choice, an anomaly, a problem to be solved. But nothing could be further from the truth. Some people argue that queerness…
Kerry Connelly America is good Americans are good. In his July 2019 newsletter to his followers, evangelical leader James Dobson described a visit to the southern border of the United States during what can only…
brenda salter mcneil If we refuse to face the truth There is an insidious and growing evil at work among us that continues to commodify and dehumanize human beings according to a racial hierarchy. This is rooted in a philosophical…
