Features
Ten myths white people believe about racism
Ten strategies for preaching about racism in mostly white churches
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1. Consider your own motivation for preaching about racism, moving beyond guilt. Root your preaching in gratitude for the grace of God and the gifts of relationships.
2. Remember that your listeners come from different perspectives when it comes to defining racism and members bring their own stories of how they have seen racism play out.
Why our congregation gives directly to a church school in Haiti
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Books
Dwelling together in scripture’s room
How can preachers and listeners develop a practice of lingering with the text?
The black activist women of 100 years ago
Amy Jacques Garvey, Mittie Maude Lena Gordon, and the “back to Africa” movement
Identifying white fragility
Real talk about racism requires getting past knee-jerk reactions.
A novel about centuries of Jewish-Christian relations
James Carroll tells a story of faith, reason, and freedom.
Departments
Class trip to a mosque
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The Nativity, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194–1260
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News
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Recent surveys show that “the vast majority of Americans do not have negative opinions of their Jewish neighbors.”
Seminary started by Baptist moderates to close in January
The Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond opened in the wake of the Southern Baptist “conservative resurgence” launched in 1979.
Faith groups in Tijuana rise to meet needs of migrant caravan
In addition to the thousands who arrived with the caravan, people deported from the U.S. have been living in Tijuana—sometimes on the streets.
Historic Los Angeles church, once an activist hub, seeks new life
César Chávez once preached at the church, which supported Chicano civil rights organizers. But the church wants to do more than preserve its past.
Martha C. Nussbaum wins $1 million Berggruen Prize
The Berggruen Institute called her “one of the world’s leading public philosophers.”
Robert Jones, religion researcher, wins a Grawemeyer award
Jones received the honor for his book The End of White Christian America.
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