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May 25, 2012

The challenge for religion journalism today

by Rachael KohnH.L. Menken, America's most legendary journalist, covered the Scopes "Monkey trial" of 1925...

May 24, 2012

Our Newest Contributor: Celucien L. Joseph

Dr. Celucien L. Joseph is an intellectual, scholar, and cultural critic. He is an adjunct...

May 24, 2012

Anti-Gay Marriage Legislation is an Example of An Overextended Church in Decline

No longer content to govern itself, the church has spread out to rule the culture...

May 23, 2012

The Earth Is the Lord’s: Our Responsibility for God’s Creation

Here we go again. Another election cycle in which climate science is being debated by...

May 22, 2012

Black Mormons and the Politics of Identity

When Marguerite Driessen, a professor here, entered Brigham Young University in the early 1980s, she...

May 22, 2012

Don’t Ask and Don’t Tell God: The Quandary of Homosexuality in America

by Gee JoynerRhetoric Race and Religion ContributorFrom: Rainbows and LilacsIt has been a couple of...

May 22, 2012

Black Church Barrios: African American Churches Adapt to Latino Neighbors

Every week as he delivers the sermon at the oldest black church in Los Angeles,...

May 21, 2012

Lost in a Familiar Place

by Brian FoulksRhetoric Race and Religion ContributorI once read an article that suggested that the...

May 20, 2012

Evangelicals and the Wrong Side of History

President Obama's affirmation of same sex marriage has raised evangelical ire. While polls indicate that...

May 20, 2012

Obama could have a prayer among Ohio’s white evangelicals

The Rev. Chris Beard is a theological conservative, make no mistake about it. He believes...

May 20, 2012

Seminary offers leaders chance to deepen faith

Memphis is the denominational home of the Church of God in Christ, Cumberland Presbyterian and...

May 20, 2012

Why Should Jeremiah Wright Be Off-Limits for Political Attacks?

The reaction was swift to news that a conservative super PAC was considering ads that...

May 20, 2012

Race and Religion Rear Their Heads

Perhaps the uglier side of politics is always close to the surface. President Obama and...

May 20, 2012

(Re)reading the Bible….Again

I wrote yesterday about religion-based bigotry versus the world of facts and I’m going to...

May 20, 2012

Clergy Can Fight HIV On Faith-Friendly Terms

In the United States, where blacks bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, black...

May 19, 2012

Jeremiah Wright and the GOP

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May 19, 2012

The Gospel of Fear

by Rashad GroveRhetoric Race and Religion ContributorCarter G. Woodson in his seminal text The Mis-Education...

May 19, 2012

Our Newest Contributor: Rashad Grove

Rev. Rashad D. Grove is licensed and ordained minister. He currently serves as an associate...

May 18, 2012

Jeremiah Wright’s resurrection

By Rahiel TesfamariamWhile Barack Obama was still hot on the campaign trail in his first...

May 18, 2012

A straight minister’s personal path of understanding

Homosexuality was never a big issue in my family as a child – one way...

May 17, 2012

I heard you Mr. President, and “Hear” is What I have to SAY!!!

by Weldon McWilliams, IVRhetoric Race and Religion ContributorFrom: Weldon WorksI have consciously kept quiet in...

May 17, 2012

Noel draws parallels between African spirit possession and Christian doctrine of Holy Spirit

African-American Christian spirituality ― especially in relation to the Holy Spirit ― cannot be understood...

May 17, 2012

Same-sex marriage support a sign of love, acceptance and devotion to God

By Rev. Brad BraxtonAs an African-American theologian at a research university in Texas, a heterosexual...

May 16, 2012

Black Church Activism and Contested Multiculturalism in Europe, North America and Africa

Approximately fifty panelists from the U.K., France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Nigeria, South Africa, Canada, and...

May 16, 2012

The sin of heterosexism

I met Tommy (not his real name) back in the 1980s at our local church...

May 16, 2012

What if Government Recognized Only Civil Unions and Left Marriage to Religion?

Could a governmental retreat from “marriage” finally heal the deep schism that has divided and...

May 16, 2012

The Controversial Faith of Barack Obama

President Obama’s recent statement on gay marriage has again thrust his religious views onto the...

May 16, 2012

From the Caucuses to Cairo: Religion’s resurgence in politics

Three months ago, Rick Santorum almost pulled off the unthinkable when he lost by a...

May 16, 2012

The “Logic” that Illogical Religion Produces

by Giovanni Neal bka: Blame GirlRhetoric Race and Religion Contributorfrom: Blamegirl.comWell when you read this:...

May 16, 2012

I Support Marriage equality: My evolution

by Ralph Watkinsfrom: It's the ChurchMy wife, Vanessa, and I moved from Augusta Georgia to...

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