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December 2014

December 17, 2014

How Religion Was Misused In CIA Interrogations

The release of the CIA torture report uncovered and detailed the many brutal tactics employed...

December 16, 2014

Church Sex Scandals Are Rooted in Theology

At this point, there are so many sex scandals among conservative religious organizations, we’re no...

December 15, 2014

Being and Blackness: The Significance of Black Lived Experience in Ferguson

by Katherine Whitfield R3 Contributor “For manifestly, you have long been aware of what you...

December 15, 2014

A Statement about the #FergusonFiasco

Students in the Fall 2014 African American Religious Thought class at Memphis Theological Seminary created...

December 15, 2014

God Who Delivers the Oppressed

The events of the last few weeks have left many people in our country weary....

December 15, 2014

Monica Miller and Christopher Driscoll Engage in Impolite Conversation with John L. Jackson, Jr.

In the first installment in this new series, Conversations in Black, Miller and Driscoll talk...

December 15, 2014

#DialInForJustice: A Faith-Rooted Initiative To End Police Brutality

by Andrew Wilkes Special to R3 This first appeared on HuffingtonPost To be black in...

December 13, 2014

Learning the Live with Labels

by Kimberly Macharia Special to R3 When labels are placed onto human beings, something scary...

December 12, 2014

Faith, Inc. and Criminal Justice Reform

Nothing about religion in the public sphere is uncomplicated. And those attendant complications permeate the...

December 11, 2014

Mere Republicanity? How Millennials are Changing the “Christian Right” (Pt. 1)

[This article has been adapted from a paper delivered at the 2014 American Academy of...

December 11, 2014

Jesus Can’t Breathe: a Spiritual Problem That Begs a Spiritual Response

My friend, Peter Heltzel, and a cohort of some 75 faith leaders in New York...

December 10, 2014

White Evangelicals, Southern Baptists, and #BlackLivesMatter

As several recent posts here show, I’m not terribly optimistic about the capacity of white...

December 10, 2014

After Ferguson: America Must Abandon “Sick Christianity”

Our present moment is not about the occasional killing of black men, or about poor...

December 08, 2014

Communion and White Fear

As demonstrations continue around the country, protesting the deaths of African American men at the...

December 08, 2014

On the Journey to White Shame

The human relations I valued most were held cheap by the world I lived in....

December 07, 2014

Healing the Racial Wounds in America

Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Rev. Dr. Serene Jones talk about the importance of love,...

December 07, 2014

In Troubled Times, Does ‘The Black Church’ Still Matter?

African-American clergy, academics and activists will hold a march on Washington this week, protesting the...

December 07, 2014

How Jesus saves through Michael Brown and Eric Garner

One thing that I never tire of pondering as a Christian is how Jesus’ cross...

December 06, 2014

The Silent Black Megachurch Pastor: We Need To Wake Up, Y’All

by Crystal St. Marie LewisR3 ContributorFirst Published in Window on ReligionLike most of you, I’ve...

December 05, 2014

No Justice, No Christmas? Why Michael Brown and Eric Garner’s Deaths Make Advent Matter

This week the streets all over our country have been filled with protesters expressing grief,...

December 04, 2014

More than Ferguson

by Miles S Mullin, IIR3 ContributorAfter the St. Louis County (MO) Grand Jury in Ferguson...

December 03, 2014

“Is God an Uncle Ruckus?”

I have to admit, I was not surprised when State Prosecutor Bob McCulloch read as...

December 03, 2014

No Church in the Wild: Gen Y’s, Millennials, and Spirituality in Post-Soul America

In this lecture and discussion, R3 contributor Daniel White Hodge, explored the current generation of youth culture...

December 01, 2014

Black-on-Black Violence: Pastor Voddie Baucham’s Assault on Black People

As black evangelical leaders, we believe it is important to respond to The Gospel Coalition’s...

December 01, 2014

From Nones to Dones

Just as churches, seminaries and congregational consultants began to wrap their heads around the concept...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

America the Beautiful, America the Violent

Let me be clear: I believe that Ferguson is about race.I know that many people...

November 28, 2014

After the Decision in Ferguson, White Evangelical Christians Need to Do a Lot Less Talking and a Lot More Listening

The heart of the black community in America was broken last night. The offense was...

November 27, 2014

What the Ferguson Protests Mean for Religious Progressive Activism

Why are authorities responding to the protesters in Ferguson with tanks and tear gas, as...

November 24, 2014

Race, Religion and the Search for Equality in a Post-Obama America

The worst part of the racist backlash to Obama's presidency isn't seen in comments such...

November 24, 2014

Income and Wealth Inequality: Why Religion’s Current Efforts Won’t Cut It

The only remaining, major, organized institutions in the US with enough scope and moral authority...

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