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March 2018

March 16, 2018

The Fallacy of Racial Reconciliation

Unrolled thread from @aejohnsonphd #MLK50 #BlackLivesMatter #WhiteChurchQuiet #EmptyThePews Donate to the Work of R3 Like...

February 2018

February 22, 2018

Plantation Jesus: Race, Faith and a New Way Forward

Not long ago, most white American Christians believed that Jesus blessed slavery. God wasn't bothered...

February 02, 2018

Silence and Sexual Assault: Toward a Better Response from the Church

by Tom Fuerst The church-at-large has been far too silent for far too long...

December 2017

December 03, 2017

Re-Imagining The Church

by Derrick Holmes I believe that our deepest love for something (or someone) is often...

October 2017

October 18, 2017

Theology Live: Theology and Race with Andre E. Johnson

The founder and managing editor of R3, Rev. Dr. Andre Johnson, was a guest on...

October 15, 2017

Henry McNeal Turner: Public Theologian

This article was first published in Christian History. Tradition holds that Henry McNeal Turner’s grandfather...

September 2017

September 21, 2017

How Can We Still Condone the Death Penalty?

How can a nation that claims to be founded on religious freedoms, and that many...

September 19, 2017

Can We Start Praying Again?

by Derrick Holmes This first appeared at Are You Up Yet? Growing up in the...

August 2017

August 15, 2017

Dear White Church Leaders: A Letter from a White Minister

The concept of white fragility is why white church leaders are less likely than black...

August 01, 2017

Where Are Our Brush Harbors Today??

by Alphonso Saville In Toni Morrison’s Beloved, when Sethe, the novel’s main character, determines that...

April 2017

April 29, 2017

The Continuing Battle Against Patriarchy

by Hannah Adair Bonner So, I'm going to pull myself out of my aunt's funeral...

November 2016

November 25, 2016

Do We Even Care: A Conversation on Race and Racial Tensions?

Below is a speech I gave at New Bethel Baptist Church on November 1, 2016...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

#WhiteChurchQuiet: Reconciling the Faith

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August 2016

August 30, 2016

Hear No Evil – See No Evil

by Dameon Madison “The year was 2016, it was seemingly a rebirth of consciousness, the...

August 04, 2016

The #Ferguson Declaration: A Black Lives Matter Creed

An Appeal to Christian Congregations and Christians Worldwide The authors and signatories of The Ferguson...

April 2016

April 08, 2016

I’m Coming Home: My Journey to Catholicism

by Ruth Hull First posted at Ruth Emily Writes. My journey as a protestant: I...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

Why Did White Mobs Burn Black Churches in the Memphis Massacre

This post is part of the Memories of a Massacre Project: Memphis in 1866. This...

March 10, 2016

What Do You Do When Your Pastor Supports #DonaldTrump?

On Saturday, March 5, 2016, at a Donald Trump Rally in Orlando, Pastor Paula White...

January 2016

January 20, 2016

#MLKDay: The New Wine of #BlackLivesMatter

On January 17, 2016, drawing from John 2:1-11, my King Day sermon focused on King's...

January 05, 2016

Engaged Scholarship: God, the Movement, and the Spirituality of Ferguson

On November 20, 2015, the Spiritual Communication Division of the National Communication Association selected me...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

White Conservative Christian Terror

by Chenjerai Kumanyika In light of the recent events in Colorado (again), I'm waiting to...

November 02, 2015

The Illusion of Inclusion: When All Lives Don’t Matter

by Dameon E. Madison Just for a moment, let us pause to consider the realities...

October 2015

October 19, 2015

Does God Hate Our Worship?

Richard Rohr said two things that are worth repeating: “Many American congregations [are] in effect...

October 12, 2015

Life After Prison: How the Church Can Help

by Katelin Hansen After serving a prison sentence and being released back into the world,...

October 12, 2015

God is a Brown Girl Too

Since dismantling patriarchy is one of my approaches to reading the Scriptures, I thought it...

October 09, 2015

Women Preaching: Is This Still a Thing?

I was recently reminded on Facebook that the issue of whether or not women should...

October 09, 2015

R3 Contributor Launches New Website

We here at R3 congratulate contributor Kimberly Peeler-Ringer on the launching of her website, The...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

After Charleston: Being Black in the ELCA and the SC Synod

I came back to the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in 2012 after having a conversation...

September 06, 2015

My Black Faith and the Faith of #KimDavis

First Published at Ten Speaks I am unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian. I love my...

September 02, 2015

Dear White People Who Proclaim “#AllLivesMatter” or “#PoliceLivesMatter”

Dear White People, I understand (as a fellow white person) where you’re coming from. We...

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