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January 2014

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...

January 10, 2014

Welcome R3 Contributor: Sonja N. Woods

Sonja N. Woods, born and raised in North Carolina, is completing research for her dissertation...

January 08, 2014

#NelsonMandela: A Reader

On December 5, 2013, the world learned of the passing of former South African President...

January 08, 2014

We Must Teach about Religion in High Schools

In September, Hendersonville High School in Hendersonville, Tennessee, made national news when it suspended field...

January 08, 2014

The Dangers of Religious Instruction in Public Schools

When I heard the question, “Should we teach religion in public schools?” it made me...

January 08, 2014

The Pope, the Bible and Trickle-Down Economics

Several weeks ago, conservative politicians and pundits paused from brutalizing the interests of poor Americans...

January 08, 2014

“Full of Sound and Fury”: Why the Sanctified Church Needs Reform

by C J RhodesR3 Contributor*This was first posted at C J Rhodes blog Zora Neale...

January 08, 2014

Speaking to Outsiders: Can Our Theory Make a Bigger Bang?

Every year during November and December, I find myself confronting a very particular problem—one which...

January 07, 2014

Keeping Hope Alive: My Interview with Joel Osteen

by C.J. RhodesR3 Contributor *First published at the C J Rhodes Blog **Originally published in the...

January 07, 2014

Genealogy of a White American Jesus: From Slave Master to Billy Graham

Through five years of immersion in what is arguably the “holy land” of white evangelicalism...

January 07, 2014

Towards a Black-Womanist Theology of Mass Incarceration

My experience as a formerly incarcerated convicted drug felon from a low-income brown family has...

January 07, 2014

The #BlackChurch: From Prophecy to Prosperity

The rhetoric last summer at commemorations of the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington...

January 07, 2014

Call for Proposals: Long Beach International Film Festival

Long Beach International Film FestivalDigital Edutainment ConferenceCall for Proposals—Deadline March 3, 2014LongBeachIndie.comLong Beach Indie, an international...

January 07, 2014

At a Loss for Words

I got a text a few days ago from a friend I used to pastor...

January 06, 2014

Holmes Lectures in African American Studies.

Join Memphis Theological Seminary as we celebrate the 2014 Dr.Barbara A. Holmes Lectures in African...

January 05, 2014

Dear Evangelicalism: I Don’t Think This Relationship Is Going To Work.

If evangelicalism were a person, here’s what I’d need to say:So, Evangelicalism… it’s me.I’m guessing...

January 05, 2014

How the Religious Right Won: Birth of the Fundamentalists, In Our Modern Times

Fundamentalism is a paradox. Its partisans—of any faith—call for the return to an imagined arcadia...