Race

Racial reconciliation

Redeeming the Soul of America with ‘Reverend Resistance’

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

May 17, 2017

General, Politics, Race

Alongside the religious rage that brought Trump to power, there is indeed a long black-led freedom movement that has spoken prophetically against the institutional racism and brazen hypocrisy of a nation built on the original sin of race-based slavery.

The Power & Privilege of White Women

May 12, 2017

Family and Parenting, Politics, Race

Like many conservative white voters, I rejected notions of privilege simply because bank accounts were sometimes in the red.

It’s Time to Detoxify Christianity

May 1, 2017

Church Life, Race, Sexual Minorities, Theology

Our Christianity needs to be detoxified. This video series opens space for critical reflection about our faith.

REVIEW: “A Theology of Race and Place”

April 3, 2017

Books, Race, Theology

In an era of racial profiling and exclusion of the "other," Draper presents a critical yet hopeful vision for the joining work of the gospel.

Bloody Sunday & the Lie of “Voter Fraud”

March 6, 2017

General, Politics, Race

We cannot make sense of President Trump's unsubstantiated claim of 3 to 5 million illegal votes in last year's election apart from this history.

Amidst Public Outrage, A Strategy for Moral Resistance

February 10, 2017

Immigration & Refugees, Interfaith, Politics, Race

The language of left versus right isn’t sufficient to challenge extremism. We need the language of right versus wrong.

Shackles & Jail for Protesting the Death Penalty

January 20, 2017

General, Politics, Race

We go forward in a spirit of nonviolence in pursuit of a new culture of justice and nonviolence.

Ending the Death Penalty Before It Kills Us

Michael McBride

January 19, 2017

General, Politics, Race

If we do not engage in moral resistance, we risk a death of our spirit which makes us complicit. And then we can protest no more.

Going to Jail for Jesus and Justice

Shane Claiborne

January 19, 2017

You can go to jail for doing something wrong, and you can also go to jail for doing something right.

How Jesus Confronts Dylann Roof: Making Capital Punishment History

Shane Claiborne

January 11, 2017

When we kill those who kill, we become the evil we seek to oppose.