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July 02, 2014

Black History – Lost, Stolen, or Strayed

Bill Cosby served as the narrator for this 1968 documentary on African Americans and the...

July 01, 2014

Christian Right Secession Fantasy

A Saturday ago at the annual conference of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, Louisiana Gov....

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Hobby Lobby

June 30, 2014

Badly Behaved Women: The Story of Exodus

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich once said, “Well behaved women rarely make history.[1]” Harriett Tubman, Rosa Parks,...

June 30, 2014

Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the Politics of Reconstruction-Part 2

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 Editor*Read part 1 here. Get your copy of the Forgotten Prophet: Bishop Henry McNeal Turner...

June 29, 2014

Theology-in-Progress: Beginnings

For the past two years I have been working on an book project that in...

June 29, 2014

Too Many Follow the Gospel of Greed

I once wrote that the black church was dead. It was a deliberate provocation. I wanted to...

June 29, 2014

Revisiting Racism

For white people living in the United States, the entanglement of Christianity with chattel slavery...

June 29, 2014

Unearthing The Surprising Religious History Of American Gay Rights Activism

On New Year's Day 1965, hundreds of gay San Franciscans arrived at 625 Polk Street...

June 27, 2014

Womanist and Black Feminist Responses to Tyler Perry’s Productions

African American playwright, actor, television producer and filmmaker Tyler Perry is an American cultural phenomenon....

June 27, 2014

Coming Out in the Muslim Community

One of the greatest heartbreaks in my life occurred after coming out at the age...

June 27, 2014

Hey Religion, Your Misogyny is Showing

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate from South Africa, called one of his...

June 27, 2014

‘Nature’s God’ Explores ‘Heretical Origins’ of Religion in U.S.

Matthew Stewart wants to make one thing perfectly clear: The United States was not founded...

June 27, 2014

Hillary Clinton: Anchored by Faith

Hillary Clinton once described her faith as the background music of her life. Whether she...

June 27, 2014

Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology

Even in an increasingly Red vs. Blue nation, the public’s political attitudes and values come...

June 27, 2014

These Men Are Not the Enemies

The past week’s events have sent shock waves of despair throughout our community. Prominent Mormon...

June 27, 2014

Ramadan Etiquette Guide: How to be a Non-Muslim During the Holy Month

In the next few weeks, you may come into work and find your co-worker taking...

June 27, 2014

The Great Secession

A few months ago, an odd news story out of St. Louis caught my eye. A...

June 27, 2014

‘Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter’ Makes Religion Central to Carter’s 1980 Defeat

On September 12, 1960, a young Democratic presidential nominee named John F. Kennedy made history....

June 27, 2014

Public Theology in the South African Context

It has almost become an axiom of public theology that theological content is co‐determined by...

June 25, 2014

What Jesus Talked About When He Talked About Hell

What was Jesus talking about when he talked about hell? Well, that’s actually a great...

June 25, 2014

Fear of a Black God and White Devils: Jay Z and the Five Percent Nation-Part 2

by Andre KeyR3 Contributor *Read Part 1 hereI think that the obsession with the critique of...

June 24, 2014

Putting Religion in its Place: The Secular State and Human Flourishing – A Debate

Throughout the seventeenth century, European civilisation was tortured by religious conflict. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke...

June 23, 2014

Frustrated Fellowship: Millennials and the Future(s) of Black Baptist Churches

by C J RhodesR3 ContributorThis post first appeared on the CJ Rhodes blog*This was presented...

June 23, 2014

Guns Made Civil Rights Possible: Breaking Down the Myth of Nonviolent Change

I have never subscribed to nonviolence as a way of life, simply because I have...

June 21, 2014

How Can a Fallible Bible Be Inspired?

Over the past several months we’ve been doing a lot of deconstruction work with the...

June 20, 2014

I Won’t Apologize for Being Muslim

The Benghazi quasi-controversy took an ugly turn at a recent panel on the issue conducted...

June 18, 2014

Politics for God: Religion, Politics and Conflict in Democratic Nigeria

Many have researched and written on the politicization of religion or the religionization of politics...

June 18, 2014

Fear of a Black God and White Devils: Jay Z and the Five Percent Nation-Part 1

by Andre KeyR3 Contributor When hip hop mogul Jay Z appeared at a Brooklyn Nets game...

June 18, 2014

R3 Contributor: Andre Key

Dr. Andre E. Key is an Assistant Professor of History at Paine College. He received...

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