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January 2014

January 22, 2014

Refocusing and Redefining Hip Hop: An Analysis of Lecrae’s Contribution to Hip Hop

Out of the dust and ashes from apartment buildings burning in the streets of the...

January 22, 2014

The Church of Kanye West: ‘Yeezianity’ and Humanism

Its website declares Yeezianity “THE BEST CHURCH OF ALL TIME!!!!!” Like any good religion, it has several...

January 21, 2014

More Religiously Conservative Protestants? More Divorce

Divorce is higher among religiously conservative Protestants – and even drives up divorce rates for...

January 21, 2014

Martin Luther King, Jr.: How Christian Churches Can Continue His Legacy

In 1983–the year after I was born–President Ronald Reagan officially designated the third Monday in...

January 21, 2014

The Uncompromising Anti-Capitalism of Martin Luther King Jr.

In the thousands of speeches and celebrations on the official Martin Luther King holiday since...

January 21, 2014

Non-theism and the “Nones”: Part 1

Scholarly Production of the Religiously Unaffiliated       Sitting in the audience at the “Discussing...

January 21, 2014

Jeremiah Wright: King Had a Dream, Obama Has a Drone

I hated the way Reverend Jeremiah Wright was treated during the 2008 presidential campaign.Republicans used...

January 20, 2014

Started From the Bottom Now You Where?: An MLK Day Reflection, of Sorts

Cheryl Clarke once prudently instructed, “So, all of us would do well to stop fighting...

January 20, 2014

Blacks and Jews in America: Fifty Years Later

1964 was a significant year in the relationship between Blacks and Jews in America. Black...

January 17, 2014

Special #MLK Message From #BishopWalker on #TheSHIFT

Bishop Joseph Walker's response to the open letter initiated by Dr. Valerie Bridgeman in response...

January 17, 2014

Using Our Sanitized Imagination: Why We Don’t Really Like MLK

by C J RhodesR3 Contributor*This first appeared on the C J Rhodes blogOn January 15...

January 17, 2014

Keeping Tabs on Obama’s Church Attendance Is No Way to Gauge His Faith

An article in the New York Times last week tallied up the number of times President Obama has attended...

January 16, 2014

Flipping the Script: Mimetic Theory and the Nonviolent God

When I was in seminary, one of my best friends came up with a brilliant...

January 16, 2014

Rethinking Biblical Literalism for Our Own Well-being

I recently came across a few statistics about black women and religion that weren’t surprising,...

January 15, 2014

Your Own Personal Religion

The first piece of writing I ever published was called "Christianity and Humanism." All my...

January 15, 2014

Are Liberals Too “Special” to Go to Church?

New research from psychologists from the New York University suggests that the desire to feel...

January 15, 2014

‘Spiritual but Not Religious’: A Rising, Misunderstood Voting Bloc

Spirituality is a big story in politics. Maybe as big a story as religion. It’s...

January 14, 2014

Martin Luther King and the African American Prophetic Tradition

R3 editor Dr. Andre E. Johnson will give a lecture on Martin Luther King Jr....

January 14, 2014

Assault in Academia: My Meeting at RCA, Part 4

By Andre E. JohnsonR3 EditorRead the series hereI eagerly opened the email to read what...

January 13, 2014

The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion—and Others Should Too

Candace L. M. Gorham, LPC, discusses her new book, The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some...

January 13, 2014

When Evangelicals Support Phil Robertson…

After “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson made crude and controversial statements to GQ Magazine regarding...

January 13, 2014

Looking at Jesus In Paintings

In Jesus' lifetime he was not so distinct from other Jews, except perhaps for his...

January 13, 2014

Dysfunctional Religion Versus a Spirituality That Builds Intimacy and Community

We don't have to look very deeply to recognize the divisiveness generated by religions throughout...

January 13, 2014

Where Life Has Meaning: Poor, Religious Countries

Much ink, film, and many ones and zeros have been spilled on the topic of how to...

January 13, 2014

Book Review: Religion and American Exceptionalism

Religion and American Exceptionalism is an edited volume which collects a set of insightful articles from...

January 13, 2014

‘Hot Muslim Men Of 2014’ Calendar Creator Ayesha Mattu Addresses Objectification Accusations

Twitter was abuzz after the editors of LoveInshallah.com posted a "Hot Muslim Men of 2014" calendar to BuzzFeed, sharing...

January 13, 2014

When The Right To Religion Conflicts With A Changing Society

As the White House continues dealing with well-publicized problems with the HealthCare.gov website, there's at...

January 11, 2014

Caring for the Poor is Government’s Biblical Role

There is hardly a more controversial political battle in America today than that around the...

January 10, 2014

An Interview with Dr. Patrick Bellegarde-Smith

Besides being a highly respected professor at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and the author...

January 10, 2014

Why Have Nelson Mandela and Bob Marley Been Compared to the Biblical Patriarch Joseph?

by Sonja N. WoodsR3 ContributorThe biblical figure Joseph was the seventh son of Jacob, and...

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