racism
Willie Jennings’s plea to create a new kind of theologian
After Whiteness is urgent reading for any institution that purports to care about God and race.
The way we build our cities is racist
American buildings, streets, and neighborhoods don’t just host oppression—they embody it.
White supremacy is a script we’re given at birth
It’s written in our flesh and rehearsed throughout history.
Louise Erdrich’s novel gives names, faces, words, and life to the Chippewa Turtle Mountain Band
A story of survival in the face of termination
Louisiana’s habitual offender law is cruel and unjust
Just because something is legal doesn’t make it morally right.
The shape of liturgy when everything is changing
Even stones are constantly being transformed.
Can offensive monuments from the past help hold us accountable today?
Perhaps the names once chosen for honor can now spark meaningful conversation.
Christian Cooper’s compassion toward Amy Cooper is rooted in his conscience
Good conscience isn’t forged in the heat of the moment. It acquires its shape over time.
Why the Washington, DC, football team needed to change its name
This victory won’t amount to much if Americans don’t understand why racist team names are a problem.
What’s behind dehumanization?
A book about the psychology and politics of doing terrible things to one another
Is the destruction of monuments a rewriting of history?
Holding in tension our achievements and failures as a nation
Talking to white kids about what whiteness means
Three children’s books to help start the conversation
Why are so many white Christians suddenly standing up for racial justice?
It might help that our pews aren’t available to sit in and pray.
The coronavirus lockdown was doomed before the mass protests began
Its demise came from the same system that killed George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
James Baldwin reminds us not to be surprised by this
Facing the “intolerable trouble” of antiblack violence
Caught up in God
Early on, I got caught up in the logic of the Spirit—and in the steady beat of black life.
Ahmaud Arbery’s lynching begs America to respond
What would it take to stop seeing neighbors as intruders and threats?