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June 2018

June 12, 2018

From the Mountain Top and Beyond: The Rhetoric of #MLK 50 Years Later

I am pleased to announce the publication of this special issue of the Journal of...

June 09, 2018

New Book in R3 Book Series on Desegregation and African American Citizenship Rights

The R3 book series is pleased to announce the publication of Desegregation and the Rhetorical Fight...

June 04, 2018

Special Issue: Communication, Religion, and Race in America

I am pleased to announce that the Spring 2018 special issue of the Journal...

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...

March 10, 2018

Black Folks Get Woke on #WhiteEvangelical Churches and Leave

On Friday, March 9, 2018, the New York Times published a story addressed what the...

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 19, 2018

Race, Shrinking Whiteness, and Four Qualities of the Moral Imagination

On Tuesday, February 13, 2018, Dr. Frank A. Thomas delivered a lecture titled, "Race, Shrinking...

December 2017

December 05, 2017

Donald Trump, Religious Freedom, and the African American vote

from The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States, edited by Eric C. Miller....

November 2017

November 04, 2017

Race, Whiteness, and the Gospel

On Friday, November 3, 2017, Tom Fuerst engaged his Facebook followers in a threaded discussion...

October 2017

October 19, 2017

Thoughts and Prayers is Our National Gun Policy

The founder and managing editor of the R3 blog, Dr. Andre E. Johnson was a...

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

Black Feelings Matter: Being White in the BLM Movement

If we believe that black lives matter, we must also realize black feelings matter.

August 2017

August 19, 2017

Are Conservatives and White Nationalists the Same on Policy?

On Wednesday August 16, 2017, I was a special guest on radio station 1340 WLOK's...

August 15, 2017

History Told Rightly

by Stephen Ray We must remember history rightly for the sake of our children. I...

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...

July 2017

July 16, 2017

Two Years Later: Remembering Sandra Bland

by Toniesha Taylor July 16, 2015, was the day students started coming to my office...

June 2017

June 16, 2017

When Juries Cannot See Black People as Human

Today a jury in Minnesota (not Mississippi or Memphis) acquitted former officer Jeronimo Yanez in...

June 15, 2017

Call for Papers: Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter

Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter: Essays on a Moment and a Movement Edited by...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

The Evil of Being Silent

by Michael Bowe Dietrich Bonheoffer is often (mis) attributed for saying, “Silence in the face...

May 21, 2017

The Lynching of Ell Persons

On March 23, 2017, I gave a speech at Central High School in Memphis, Tennessee....

April 2017

April 12, 2017

White Silence and the Making of #WhiteChurchQuiet

On Monday Night April 3, 2017, the Center for Community Service and Justice at Loyola...

December 2016

December 11, 2016

The Damage Done to the Name “Christian”

by Derrick Holmes In 2007, Universal Studios produced a movie entitled “American Gangster”. Set in...

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...

October 2016

October 24, 2016

Race and the Movies: An Interview with Dr. Roslyn Satchel

As many of our readers know, R3 has a book series with Lexington Books, a...

October 15, 2016

#SayHerName Comes to Memphis

by Deven Lyle Outside of Planned Parenthood’s Greater Memphis area location, members of the Say...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

When the Rocks Cry Out

by Ebony Adedayo On Wednesday, I awoke to the news that Bethel University's St....

September 28, 2016

#WhiteChurchQuiet: Reconciling the Faith

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