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December 2014

December 07, 2014

How Jesus saves through Michael Brown and Eric Garner

One thing that I never tire of pondering as a Christian is how Jesus’ cross...

December 06, 2014

The Silent Black Megachurch Pastor: We Need To Wake Up, Y’All

by Crystal St. Marie LewisR3 ContributorFirst Published in Window on ReligionLike most of you, I’ve...

December 05, 2014

No Justice, No Christmas? Why Michael Brown and Eric Garner’s Deaths Make Advent Matter

This week the streets all over our country have been filled with protesters expressing grief,...

December 04, 2014

More than Ferguson

by Miles S Mullin, IIR3 ContributorAfter the St. Louis County (MO) Grand Jury in Ferguson...

December 03, 2014

No Church in the Wild: Gen Y’s, Millennials, and Spirituality in Post-Soul America

In this lecture and discussion, R3 contributor Daniel White Hodge, explored the current generation of youth culture...

December 01, 2014

Black-on-Black Violence: Pastor Voddie Baucham’s Assault on Black People

As black evangelical leaders, we believe it is important to respond to The Gospel Coalition’s...

December 01, 2014

From Nones to Dones

Just as churches, seminaries and congregational consultants began to wrap their heads around the concept...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

America the Beautiful, America the Violent

Let me be clear: I believe that Ferguson is about race.I know that many people...

November 28, 2014

After the Decision in Ferguson, White Evangelical Christians Need to Do a Lot Less Talking and a Lot More Listening

The heart of the black community in America was broken last night. The offense was...

November 27, 2014

What the Ferguson Protests Mean for Religious Progressive Activism

Why are authorities responding to the protesters in Ferguson with tanks and tear gas, as...

November 24, 2014

Race, Religion and the Search for Equality in a Post-Obama America

The worst part of the racist backlash to Obama's presidency isn't seen in comments such...

November 24, 2014

Income and Wealth Inequality: Why Religion’s Current Efforts Won’t Cut It

The only remaining, major, organized institutions in the US with enough scope and moral authority...

November 23, 2014

Believers, Sympathizers, and Skeptics: Why Americans are Conflicted about Climate Change, Environmental Policy, and Science

Americans rank climate change last on a list of important issues. Only five percent of...

November 23, 2014

The Clergy’s Place is With the Protesters in Ferguson

My Dear Fellow Clergy:It been brought to my attention that some of you are questioning...

November 22, 2014

The Politics of Love

For a long period in the history of the United States, Christians understood that progressive...

November 22, 2014

Is God The Problem With American Politics?

"You’re the anti-Christ, you will be destroyed,” screamed an incensed heckler during a speech by...

November 16, 2014

Black Religion and Vietnam

On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. preached at Riverside Church in New York...

November 14, 2014

The Musical Jesus: From James Hal Cone to Jesus Walks

James Cone’s work The Spirituals and the Blues is a unique expression of African American...

November 14, 2014

‘I’d Rather Go to Hell for Telling the Truth’

Rev. Dr. Daniel Meeter asked me to repeat those words as we walked and talked...

November 14, 2014

Why the Internet is Slowly Strangling Religion

While the burgeoning atheist movement loves throwing conferences and selling books, a huge chunk–possibly most–of...

November 13, 2014

Keeping #Ferguson Alive

Jordan Davis, Trayvon Martin, Oscar J. Grant III, James Byrd Jr., Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia...

November 13, 2014

Needed: A Progressive Christianity

Election 2014: Something important has just happened.Big money bought an election. Fear prevailed over confidence...

November 11, 2014

#TylerPerry: Are Good Deeds Good Enough?

by Bernardo A. ZapataSpecial to R3Carol Miles reads Tyler Perry’s movie Good Deeds through the...

November 11, 2014

What is a Seminary Faculty?

As we discuss curriculum revision at my own seminary, I’ve found myself thinking anew about...

November 10, 2014

The Warrior Wives of Evangelical Christianity

"Your husband will want sex way more than you do," advises Elizabeth of the blog...

November 10, 2014

What I Am Learning From My White Grandchildren — Truths About Race

by Tony Peterson R3ContributorThis talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of...

November 10, 2014

We Are NOT Post-Racial

by Tony PetersonR3 Contributor“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created...

November 09, 2014

The Faith Factor In The 2014 Midterms

Welcome to this week’s ALL TOGETHER, the podcast dedicated to exploring how religious ideas and...

November 09, 2014

Big Evangelical Turnout for Midterms

Last night’s results show that pollster Robert Jones was far, far too optimistic about the...

November 09, 2014

Football and Religion: The Odd Relationship Between God and the Gridiron

When I played high school football, we knelt down before every contest. The coach asked...

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