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September 23, 2014

Lament and Confess: Forgive Us, Michael Brown

The past several weeks, pictures and videos of the response in Ferguson, MO to the...

September 23, 2014

How Jesus Views Women

Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson have more in common than the fact that their domestic...

September 23, 2014

Michael Brown and Me: Profiling, Preachers and Tasers

Is there any fairness in the American justice system? Can people of every racial/ethnic group...

September 22, 2014

Why “Left Behind’ Should Be…..Left Behind

On October 3, theaters across the country will be lowering their screens for the much...

September 22, 2014

Jesus Was Crucified Because Disciples Were Armed

Jesus may have been crucified because his followers were carrying weapons, according to a scholarly...

September 22, 2014

MLK Jr., the Two Kingdoms and the Politics of Love

“In these days of uncertainty, the evils of war and of economic and racial injustice...

September 20, 2014

The Concept of God

One of my biggest frustrations with religious discussion is the unestablished baseline for the concept...

September 20, 2014

US v. Them: The Pitfalls of Righteous Rhetoric

On June 19 of this year, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) hosted its second...

September 19, 2014

National Baptist Convention USA, and Women in Ministry

The National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. has morphed into the Southern Baptist Convention. Sadly, few...

September 19, 2014

Ephren Taylor’s Disastrous Megachurch Ponzi Scheme

In 1913, Charles Russell, a restorationist minister from Pittsburgh, was accused of bilking his followers...

September 18, 2014

Punishment or Child Abuse?

THE indictment last week of the N.F.L. player Adrian Peterson by a Texas grand jury...

September 17, 2014

#Theology of #Ferguson

Theology of Ferguson

September 17, 2014

#Ferguson: Broken by Racism, Healed by Prayer.

The killing of Mike Brown nearly a month ago has unfortunately proven that we do...

September 17, 2014

Can Hip-Hop Help Humanism? Monica Miller on African American Atheism and White Privilege

Can hip-hop and a history lesson help improve discussions about race among atheists?In “Humanism and

September 16, 2014

#Ferguson: No Longer RIP

by Anthony NealR3 ContributorWhen we are young, we experience certain moments pre-linguistically, which is to...

September 16, 2014

R3 Contributor: Anthony Neal

Dr. Anthony Sean Neal completed his undergraduate degree in Religion and Philosophy at Morehouse College...

September 16, 2014

Negotiating Black Female Sexuality in the Black Church

When I was five years old, I joined the new Youth Liturgical Dance Ministry at...

September 16, 2014

Rap vs. Religion: How Rappers Relate to God

It may be more complicated than that, though. Rappers, experts say, have their own relationships...

September 16, 2014

Americans’ Opinions On Spanking Vary By Party, Race, Region And Religion

The arrest of Minnesota Vikings halfback Adrian Peterson, who is accused of abusing his 4-year-old son...

September 16, 2014

5 People Who Aren’t Helping Race Relations in 2014

This year, no one is safe when it comes to the ridiculous onslaught of ignorance...

September 14, 2014

#WhyIStayed: How Some Churches Support Spousal Abuse

Many have been understandably astonished and disturbed this week by the video of NFL player,...

September 13, 2014

Why Holder Did Not Have to Come, or Why We March and Protest

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 Editor An Open Letter to James WoodsI read with interest the article...

September 13, 2014

Talk About Religion

Sitting in a folding chair next to neat piles of saffron, cumin and sumac, a...

September 12, 2014

The Theology of Ferguson. Making Sense of the Senseless.

In Ferguson, we see a warped curtain of supposed wholeness pulled back, torn in two...

September 12, 2014

White Narcissism

In the 1940s my white father, who lived in Arkansas, was visiting Michigan for a...

September 12, 2014

The Elephant has Constructed the Room. Teaching Racism as a Biblical Scholar

One day in 2009 after President Obama took office, I walked into my Greek exegesis...

September 12, 2014

A Dialogue of Classes: Interpreting the Real World

by Marguerite Spiotta Special to R3As a college student at a liberal arts institution, the ways...

September 11, 2014

#Ferguson: Anyone But You

By Natalie Bullock BrownR3 ContributorA few days ago, I read on The American Conservative website...

September 11, 2014

R3 Contributor: Natalie Bullock Brown

Natalie Bullock Brown is an award-winning and Emmy nominated producer and consultant, and is chair...

September 10, 2014

Discovering a Lost and Forgotten Early Christian ‘Gospel’

Imagine discovering a lost and forgotten ancient Jewish/Christian writing, one not included in the New...

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