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August 2014

August 19, 2014

Don’t Ignore It: 5 Ways Christians and Churches Must Engage Michael Brown’s Death

I have so much emotions and thoughts in my mind, heart, and body – in...

August 19, 2014

Are Christians in America Facing a ‘Babylonian Exile’?

From the moment they set foot on North American soil, the Puritans who came to...

August 19, 2014

Stark Racial Divisions in Reactions to Ferguson Police Shooting

Blacks and whites have sharply different reactions to the police shooting of an unarmed teen...

August 18, 2014

Strange Fruit that Hangs from American Seminaries: A Letter from a Black Seminarian

Strange fruit currently hangs over many seminaries in the United States of America. Though unity...

August 17, 2014

Despite a Turbulent Work Life, a Minister Doesn’t Question Her Calling

The Rev. Dominique C. Atchison stood at the lectern in the church fellowship hall, her...

August 17, 2014

Lerone Martin Begins New Appointment With Danforth Center

Lerone A. Martin has joined the faculty of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion...

August 14, 2014

Jesus Christ in Ferguson

by Edward BlumR3 ContributorIt seemed like every few months an African American man had been...

August 14, 2014

Praying for the Brave Ones With Fear and Trembling

by Raedorah C. StewartSpecial to R3Sometimes I fear I may have been too justice minded,...

August 14, 2014

Obama, War and the Black Church: Revisiting the Politics of Jesus

by Jamye WootenSpecial to R3“We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we...

August 13, 2014

Resolution from the Religious Narrative and Racial Control Working Group at the National Summit on Race

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 EditorFollow Andre on Twitter @aejohnsonphdRecently my wife Lisa and I attended...

August 12, 2014

Don’t Mess With My Messiah: #BlackJesus, Blind Faith & Biblical Foolishness

by Earle FisherR3 ContributorFollow Earle on Twitter @pastor_earleThis post first appeared at Rainbows and LilacsI watched it....

August 12, 2014

#MichaelBrown: The Devaluation of Black Bodies Continued

by Kimberly Peeler-RingerR3 ContributorFollow Kimberly on Twitter @kpringerAbout a year ago I wrote an essay entitled “The...

August 09, 2014

Black Jesus: We have Other Things to Boycott

I had been hearing rumblings for a couple weeks, but Thursday morning I awoke to...

August 09, 2014

Renisha McBride Matters: Burying the Pain of the Zimmerman Effect

By Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas Ph.DFollow Elizabeth on Twitter @MoveProfPhDLike many in the nation, I waited...

August 09, 2014

Progressve American Muslims Find Faith While Challenging Taboos On Sexuality and Gender

Omar Akersim prays regularly and observes the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast. He is also openly gay.Akersim,...

August 09, 2014

Jesus Walks (and Smokes Weed): Black Jesus and its Theological Implications

By Andre E. Key, PhDFollow on Twitter @AKeyPhD What happens when you combine James Cone’s...

August 07, 2014

The Church Sex Abuse We Don’t Talk About

This week I read an article from Samantha Pugsley in which she bravely recounted her...

August 07, 2014

The “Black Manifesto” in Twentieth-Century American Religious History

The last several months have seen many thoughtful responses to Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “A Case for...

August 07, 2014

Inclusive Language for God Does Not Equal Heresy

An article on WORLD magazine’s website bemoans a Grammy-nominated Christian band’s “drift from biblical orthodoxy.” The substance of this move toward...

August 07, 2014

It’s Time for the Church to Start Taking Gun Violence Seriously

Between Thursday evening and Sunday on July 4 weekend, 82 people were shot in the...

August 07, 2014

Between Faith and History: Thinking About African American Religious History as an Interdisciplinary Field

Christopher Bonner asked an excellent question in his recent post, “What can we truly know...

August 07, 2014

The Only Two Questions Any Pastor Should Be Asking Right Now

Pastors spend a lot of time solving problems, and that means asking questions. Unfortunately, most...

August 04, 2014

Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the Politics of Reconstruction-Part 4

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 Editor*Read part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Get your...

August 02, 2014

‘Rock Star’ Pastors Lose Their Luster

It’s not easy being a celebrity pastor these days with that pesky Internet around.Consider the...

August 01, 2014

10 Ways Male Privilege Shows Up in the Church

I’ve been thinking a lot about privilege lately. Well, not just lately. I overheard that...

August 01, 2014

Mommy, Minister and Unmarried: Single Mothers in the Pulpit

When Philadelphia’s St. Paul Baptist Church hired the Rev. Leslie Callahan as its first female...

August 01, 2014

Way Too Many People Still Believe These Hideous Stereotypes About Israelis and Palestinians

My heart jumped when I saw the poster at the entrance to the Muslim community...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Higher Calling, Lower Wages: The Vanishing of the Middle-Class Clergy

For someone seeking a full-time job as a church pastor, Justin Barringer would seem to...

July 30, 2014

Members Mourn Atlanta Church; Why Don’t They Talk?

When a congregation has to leave its church building, it’s like moving away from home....

July 29, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court Has Never Defined “Religion”

Debate about religion in American public life existed well before America’s independence. Many talk about...

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