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April 2018

April 11, 2018

A Critique of #MLK’s Theory of Non-Violence

University of Memphis Communication grad student and activist Earle J. Fisher gave a lecture on...

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...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

How Theology Helped Me Connect the Dots

by Scott Prather I think it's been seventeen years since I stood for a national...

March 2017

March 09, 2017

#GetOut of Sunken Place Theology

by Lawrence Rodgers Last week I went to see Jordan Peele’s new breakout movie Get...

February 2017

February 06, 2017

Prophetic-Pastoral Balance: A Response to Eric Weed

by Steven Tramel Gaines Fear and anger grip my nation. Cries of protest arise from...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

How Do Christians Support a Refugee Ban?

by Crystal St Marie Lewis Nearly five years ago, I wrote in an essay called...

January 27, 2017

“Dive In, Show Up and Persevere”: The Role of the White Theologian

by Eric Weed I must confess that over the past two months to being consumed...

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...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

When Your Life Doesn’t Matter

by Peter Gathje The conversation was around the sentencing of the man who killed Semaj. ...

August 04, 2016

Have We Forgotten God?

by Michael Bowe Recently, I picked up a book because the title caught my eye. ...

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...

June 2016

June 12, 2016

Jesus and the Call to be Queer

by Matt Matthews On June 12, 2016, at 2am Sunday morning, Omar Mateen walked into...

June 10, 2016

#BlackLivesMatter and the Theology of a Social Movement-Part 1

I recently started a bible study series at our church titled "Black Lives Matter and...

February 2016

February 11, 2016

The Inconvenient Truth of a Theological Amnesia

by Dameon E. Madison For some weeks now, I have been struggling, attempting to organize...

November 2015

November 07, 2015

Does God Believe In YOU?

by Fredrick Robinson “Against some images of God, the revolt of atheism is an act...

November 03, 2015

“Those Who Have Ears, Let Them Hear”: #BlackLivesMatter and the Gospel

In 1968, theologian James Cone wrote what was then and still is a much contested...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

#TheologyMatters: Traditional Evangelicalism and the Poor

by Rev. Frederick Robinson Putting pressure on poor and minority people—as traditional evangelicalism does—to just...

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...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

The Church, The Poor, and Lessons from Katrina

Published at KineticsLive.com By R. Drew Smith, Ph.D. In 1995, the first of the Left...

August 26, 2015

Where Were You and Where Are You?

Where were you on August 9, 2014 when you learned of the death of Michael...

August 19, 2015

Forgiveness and Black Christianity in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter

One thing I will remember most about the past few years is the gnawing...

July 2015

July 05, 2015

The Public Theologian: The Post Reconstruction Rhetoric of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner-Pt. 4

In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the death of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner...

July 01, 2015

Keeping Faith in a Season of Change

The reaction of some conservative Christians to recent political events in the US continues to...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

The Right Reverend President and the Concern of Cheap Grace

First posted at Rainbow and Lilacs I love my President. I listened intently to...

June 18, 2015

#CharlestonShooting: Why I Want Us to Stop Praying for a While

First posted on Window of Religion I’m certain you’ve heard the news by now. Nine...

May 2015

May 31, 2015

The Church and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement-Pt. 4

Zora Neale Hurston conducts an in-depth analysis of the relationship between folklore and the black...

May 25, 2015

The Church and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement-Pt. 3

Read part 1 here and part 2 here Much like the secret gathering spaces of...

May 14, 2015

The Church and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement-Pt. 2

In my previous post, I ended wanting to explore the connection between the black church...

May 12, 2015

The Church and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement-Pt. 1

“Here is the church, here is the steeple, open the doors and see all the...

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