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August 27, 2013

The Black Church’s Civil Rights Movement Legacy Is Both A Blessing And A Curse, Pastors Say

For the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, the civil rights movement is not a period...

August 27, 2013

Are Black Millennials Being Pushed Out of the Church?

Just a few weeks ago, evangelist Jefferson Bethke wrote a provocative essay for The Washington...

August 27, 2013

What Christian Left Can Learn From Christian Right

On most Mondays this summer, protesters have been congregating in North Carolina to raise a...

August 27, 2013

Why is Religious Pandering So Prevalent?

Religion has long had an extraordinary influence in U.S. politics compared to other democracies. But...

August 27, 2013

What is Religion?, Part 1: Civil Religion and the State

The recent death of Robert Bellah made me reread his classic essay on American civil religion, which first...

August 27, 2013

Why Intelligent People Are Less Likely to Be Religious

My story is almost always met with surprise: How could an atheist convert to Christianity at...

August 26, 2013

#Jesus is #HipHop

R3 contributor Dr. Daniel White Hodge discusses his book The Soul of Hip Hop: Rims,...

August 25, 2013

A Continued Look at Sports and Civil Religion

Last week I wrote a blog post about the potential intersections of race, sports, and...

August 22, 2013

This Time It Was Different: #AntoinetteTuff and the Use of #NonViolent Direct Action

On Tuesday August 20, 2013, Michael Brandon Hill, a man dressed in black and carrying...

August 21, 2013

Dr. Frank A. Thomas: Homiletics, #HipHop and the Holy

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August 20, 2013

BLACK SUICIDE: When Prayer Is Not Enough

Mental health concerns are among the biggest and most dangerously tabooed topics in Black America. A...

August 19, 2013

“Ex-Gay” Gospel Star Donnie McClurkin and the Decline of Public Theology

Last week there was a flurry of controversy over the public disinviting of gospel star Donnie McClurkin...

August 18, 2013

The Faux Religion of Steve Jobs

Forget the forbidden fruit logo and the cult of Apple jokes. The legacy of Steve...

August 18, 2013

Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels

Sikivu Hutchinson is an author and activist who promotes a progressive—and aggressive—conception of humanism that...

August 18, 2013

Sports and Civil Religion

In the burgeoning field of American history and Civil Religion, a potential place of growth...

August 18, 2013

Meet the Woman Who Will Lead Evangelical Lutherans: “Religious but not Spiritual”

Change has come to one of America’s largest Christian denominations. Last week the Evangelical Lutheran...

August 16, 2013

Unmasking a Preserved Blackness: Forming a Personal, Progressive Theology, Part 1

by Brian FoulksR3 Contributor*This first appeared in Syncopated HustleI am a Pan-Afrikanist with a Calvinist bent...

August 15, 2013

Hip-Hop and Homiletics

August 15, 2013

Do You Really Need Church?

August 15, 2013

There is POWER in the NAME…Right?

by Earle FisherR3 ContributorI’m usually up to speed on current events – especially those with...

August 15, 2013

The Quiet Gay-Rights Revolution in America’s Churches

For most gay Americans in the 20th century, the church was a place of pain....

August 14, 2013

The Truth About Religion

The news media continue to stretch the boundaries of religion far beyond the usual parameters...

August 13, 2013

R3 Editor Offers Lecture at African American Civil War Museum

R3 Editor Dr. Andre E. Johnson will give a lecture on August 23, 2013 at...

August 12, 2013

The Gods of Hip Hop: A Look at Spirituality in the Culture

For many years there’s been conflict over the consciousness Hip Hop and the commercialization of...

August 12, 2013

On Fasting and Feminism

On July 16th, I fasted for Tisha b’Av, when Jews commemorate the destructions of the temples...

August 10, 2013

R3 Contributor: Paula Penn-Nabrit

Paula Penn-Nabrit, is the president of PN&A;, Inc., a management, consulting, and training firm. She is...

August 10, 2013

To Pray or to Protest? The Both/And-ness of Black Christianity

The Trayvon Martin murder, the acquital of his killer, and the incarceration of Marissa Alexander are all messages...

August 10, 2013

The #GeorgeZimmerman Trial: A Reader

The February 26, 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin sparked world wide interest. We collected many of the...

August 10, 2013

Teaching Beyond the World Religions Paradigm?

Currently I am teaching an undergraduate course, Introductions to Western Religions. This introductory course (along...

August 10, 2013

The Role of Religious Ethics in Public Policy

It is not uncommon these days for some people to regard religion as an unwanted...

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