Black churches are no longer ground zero for civil rights activism
(RNS) “The church is jumping in to lend its support -- not to lead it -- which is a different place from where the black church has been historically," said Baltimore pastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant. The...
View ArticleConfederate flags placed outside MLK’s Atlanta church
ATLANTA - Authorities have images of the men placing the flags outside Ebenezer Baptist Church; they say they have not ruled out hate crime charges. The post Confederate flags placed outside MLK’s...
View ArticleA year after Ferguson, a practical theology emerges around ‘Black Lives Matter’
(RNS) As the “Black Lives Matter” movement has grown, it has been accompanied by practical theologies of people who feel called to act on their faith in pursuit of racial justice. The post A year after...
View ArticleProtesters take to Ferguson streets to mark anniversary of Michael Brown killing
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) More than 200 protesters carrying bullhorns, drums and signs demonstrated against police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Saturday night, with some placing the roasted head of a pig on...
View Article‘Black Lives Matter’ signs at churches vandalized
(RNS) Seventeen of the more than 50 Unitarian Universalist Association churches that posted signs have seen them defaced or stolen -- sometimes more than once. The post ‘Black Lives Matter’ signs at...
View ArticleAmericans fret about Islam, immigrants, the future — and each other
(RNS) Anxiety looms on all fronts and Americans are split -- 49 percent to 49 percent -- on whether “America’s best days are ahead of us or behind us.” The post Americans fret about Islam, immigrants,...
View ArticleSurvey: Same-sex marriage, Pope Francis top religion stories of year
(RNS) The Religion Newswriters Association asked its members to rank the 10 top religion stories of 2015. Here's the list. The post Survey: Same-sex marriage, Pope Francis top religion stories of year...
View ArticleBlack churches are no longer ground zero for civil rights activism
(RNS) “The church is jumping in to lend its support -- not to lead it -- which is a different place from where the black church has been historically," said Baltimore pastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant.
View ArticleConfederate flags placed outside MLK’s Atlanta church
ATLANTA - Authorities have images of the men placing the flags outside Ebenezer Baptist Church; they say they have not ruled out hate crime charges.
View ArticleA year after Ferguson, a practical theology emerges around ‘Black Lives Matter’
(RNS) As the “Black Lives Matter” movement has grown, it has been accompanied by practical theologies of people who feel called to act on their faith in pursuit of racial justice.
View ArticleProtesters take to Ferguson streets to mark anniversary of Michael Brown killing
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) More than 200 protesters carrying bullhorns, drums and signs demonstrated against police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Saturday night, with some placing the roasted head of a pig on...
View Article‘Black Lives Matter’ signs at churches vandalized
(RNS) Seventeen of the more than 50 Unitarian Universalist Association churches that posted signs have seen them defaced or stolen -- sometimes more than once.
View ArticleAmericans fret about Islam, immigrants, the future — and each other
(RNS) Anxiety looms on all fronts and Americans are split -- 49 percent to 49 percent -- on whether “America’s best days are ahead of us or behind us.”
View ArticleSurvey: Same-sex marriage, Pope Francis top religion stories of year
(RNS) The Religion Newswriters Association asked its members to rank the 10 top religion stories of 2015. Here's the list.
View ArticleAfter recent shootings, white churches take stock on race
(RNS) The latest incidents of shootings by and of police have left some clergy thinking that if they haven't spoken out on racial injustice before, the time is now.
View ArticleBlack lives matter. Does Israel?
Black Lives Matter disses Israel. Jews are hurt. They should be.
View ArticleJews to blacks: Thank you
Jews helped blacks in the civil rights movement, right? It turns out that Jews owe blacks as well -- more than you think.
View ArticleTheologian Miroslav Volf makes a surprising case for one candidate
Theologian Miroslav Volf makes a surprising case for one candidate.
View ArticleSeminaries start Black Lives Matter courses
(RNS) As more African-Americans are killed at the hands of police, seminaries have begun to engage with the Black Lives Matter movement.
View ArticleAfter recent shootings, white churches take stock on race
(RNS) The latest incidents of shootings by and of police have left some clergy thinking that if they haven't spoken out on racial injustice before, the time is now. The post After recent shootings,...
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