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September 2014

September 10, 2014

Patriarchy and Invisibility: An Asian American Woman’s Silencing

Asian American woman have lived and suffered in a problematic cycle of racism from the...

September 10, 2014

One Army Under God?

THE path from leaving Bibles in naval hotel rooms to placing weapons of mass destruction...

September 09, 2014

For Michael Brown, Justice Is Not a Gift. It’s a Right

This whole Michael Brown thing,” a local white business owner informed me, “is a case...

September 09, 2014

Sticks, Stones,Words, & Punches: They All Hurt!

by NaKeesha WestonSpecial to R3Posted Originally at The Cost of a Covered GirlIt started out...

September 08, 2014

Rev. Jasmin Sculark to be Installed as Permanent Minister at Jericho City of Praise

For nearly four years, Jericho City of Praise, one of the largest churches in the...

September 08, 2014

Black Urban Males and the Diminishing Public Deal

By R. Drew SmithSpecial to R3Published originally in KineticsLiveThere is a scripture verse that has...

September 08, 2014

Where College Football is a Religion, and Religion Shapes College Football

Hugh Freeze takes his seat near the back of the Mississippi football meeting room, and...

September 06, 2014

Damnation, American Style: How American Preachers Reinvented Hell

Among the many congratulatory letters George Washington received after assuming the presidency was one from...

September 05, 2014

Our Churches Can Be Bridges of Hope After Ferguson Tragedy

Only a few weeks have passed since the horrific shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed...

September 04, 2014

After Fundamentalism: Where Do You Go From Here?

Dear friend,I have heard about your dilemma. Trust me, I have. You’re sick and tired...

September 04, 2014

#FergusonFiasco: Doing Theology After #Ferguson-Part 1

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 EditorI recently attended our Convocation service at Memphis Theological Seminary where...

September 03, 2014

The Forsaken: A Rising Number of Homeless Gay Teens Are Being Cast Out by Religious Families

One late night at the end of her sophomore year of college, Jackie sat in...

September 03, 2014

Minister Farrakhan Responds to #MikeBrown Shooting in #Ferguson: A Time to Die

September 02, 2014

The Right-Wing, the Bible and the November Elections

We are living in insane times. Like purveyors of a bad Orwellian joke, right-wing politicians...

September 02, 2014

Has Ferguson Changed the Hearts of Megachurch Pastors?

Dr. Jasmin Sculark takes a holistic approach to ministry, knowing that as the recently appointed...

September 02, 2014

Between Godliness and Godlessness

ALMOST midway through Sam Harris’s new book, “Waking Up,” he paints a scene that will...

September 02, 2014

#Ferguson on the First Day?

I am organized.I have to-do lists, stop-doing lists, someday lists, and checklists galore. When it’s...

September 02, 2014

Power is in the Pews—A Student Remembers Rev. Shirley Prince

By Alice Faye DuncanSpecial to R3I am a Memphian who grew up in the African...

September 01, 2014

Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the Politics of Reconstruction-Part 5

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

August 2014

August 29, 2014

Mike Brown’s Blood

When Rev. Traci Blackmon picked me up from St. Louis International Airport last week, she...

August 29, 2014

We Forget Dr. King Had a Political Ministry

Ancestors, smancestors. Obviously, it doesn’t matter to some that previous generations faced death for the...

August 29, 2014

Cheap Peace

People are already calling for rest in Ferguson. People are demanding calm and peace. Yet,...

August 27, 2014

#RenishaMcBride: The #TheodoreWafer Trial: A Reader

On November 2, 2013, Theodore Wafer shot and killed Renisha McBride as she sought assistance...

August 27, 2014

Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing: Prophetic Practices over Pious Polity

by Earle FisherR3 ContributorI’ve spent the last several months trying to drive home to point...

August 27, 2014

Doing Theology As Though Our Bodies Mattered

The shooting of Michael Brown, the subsequent protests, and the police response in Ferguson, Missouri...

August 26, 2014

Al Sharpton Does Not Have My Ear: Why We Need New Black Leadership Now

Racial politics in the U.S. is beholden to the space of black death. On Monday,...

August 26, 2014

Liberal Clergy Want to Challenge the Religious Right’s Power in Politics

It was too much to resist: the media lure of prominent clergy members like the...

August 26, 2014

A Call for More than Judicial Remedies

By the Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, IIDirector, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public WitnessThe...

August 25, 2014

Rev. Al Sharpton Delivers Michael Brown Eulogy

August 25, 2014

Jesus in Strange Places: ‘Black Jesus’ & Understanding Religion & Race on the Margins

Every once and a while Jesus shows up in strange places. The first time I...

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