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Emanuel’s Pulse: A Plea for Black Church–LGBTIQ Solidarity

By J. Kameron Carter

…Christianity nor Islam are reducible to the violence perpetrated in their names. Just as we didn’t reduce Christianity to Dylann Roof, it’s nothing but an expression of Islamophobia to reduce Islam to what Omar Mateen has done or the wake of carnage he’s left. In a Facebook post, Emilie Townes said it well: Radical hatred is no respector of religion or ideology. . . . Those of use who believe in justice must stand against [radical hatred] by worki…

#WhoIsBurningBlackChurches: Is It Freedom Summer Again?

By Anthea Butler

…arner back to where he had worked registering black voters. He, along with James Chaney and Andrew Goodman, came back to the church to visit, and the three were arrested on June 16th for speeding in nearby Philadelphia, Mississippi. After paying a fine at 10 pm that evening, they were told to get out of the county. They were never seen alive again. Their bodies would be found later that summer in an earthen dam on the Old Jolly Farm outside of Phi…

Black Churches are Burning: Is It the 1990s All Over Again?

By Katie Day

…ches in the 1990s were surprised by all the media attention and that white Americans were just becoming aware of what had been part of the African American experience for generations. (A number of the sites, in fact, had been victims of arson in the past.) Perhaps going forward after Charleston, we no longer will be able to plead ignorance of the unacceptable targeting of faith communities by those filled with racial hatred. There are certainly pr…

A Theology of Anger: Forgiveness For White Supremacy Derails Action and Alienates Young Black Activists

By Joshua L. Lazard

…ter, Christians should not be taking a shortcut around anger to get there. James Cone, the founder of black liberation theology, once said that his first book, Black Theology, Black Power, was written in the five weeks immediately following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He famously said that he wrote the book because he was angry. Long considered “America’s angriest theologian” (a moniker he has donned for all these years), Cone’s an…

A Third Reconstruction? Rev. William Barber Lifts the Trumpet

By Peter Laarman

…immigrants and the sick. Jim Crow went to law school and came back as Mr. James Crow, Esq. He likes to pretend he is not as violent. Rooted in hope, not fear, we bring together a diverse coalition that takes seriously the issue of race. This is a movement that was born in the South, and we cannot afford to be ahistorical. Anti-racism and anti-poverty must be at the heart of our struggle. We understand that organizing the changing demographics in…

Rev. Barber: A “Moral Center,” Not a “Religious Left,” Will Save Us in 2017

By Peter Montgomery

…social justice movements. Joining Barber at the press conference were Rev. James Forbes, former pastor of Riverside Church; Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary; Imam Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid of the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood in New York City; Rev. Robert Hardies, senior pastor of All Souls Church Unitarian in Washington, D.C.; and Bishop Tonyia Rawls of…

Female Deacons: Pope Francis Walks It Back, Women Clergy Weigh In

By Kaya Oakes

…GBTQ clergy and same sex marriage, which Robertson describes as “issues of justice, of welcoming as Jesus did.” The deeper issue of decline, she says, “is that Christianity, done properly (which it rarely is) is hard as hell. And Christianity done poorly (as it so often is) isn’t worth the bother.” Jennifer O’Malley, a member of Roman Catholic Women Priests, says that her initial enthusiasm about women deacons faded as “it has become evident that…

“Integrated into a Burning House?”: A Pre-Inauguration Conversation with Rev. Cecil Murray

By Anita Little

…ing point, with many African-Americans asking themselves the same question James Baldwin did in 1962: Do we really “want to be integrated into a burning house?” I met with Rev. Cecil Murray, now a senior fellow at USC’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture, to discuss how the black church’s past might inform its future in this new era. First AME Church, Los Angeles, 1872 ______ Anita Little: How is the black church community in Los Angeles reacti…

Intolerance in Indonesia Extends to Religious Minorities; Lutheran Church in Norway OK’s Same-Sex Marriage, But Not in Finland; Catholic Church Warns Australian CEOs to Back Off Marriage Equality Support; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…legalization of marriage for same-sex couples. Bahamians will vote on the amendment on June 7. More from the Jamaica Observer: “I am so emphatic because it is so important for Bahamians to vote on what is really at stake – equal rights for our sons and daughters – and not let false rumours or incorrect information hold sway. “This referendum does not seek to change Bahamian society or our traditional values – instead it seeks to change the Consti…

Introducing ‘It’s Your Fault,’ a Series on Blame

By Andrew Aghapour and Michael Schulson

…t our nation’s inadequate gun laws or pervasive racism? Or are we all to blame? Pick just about any issue and you’re likely to find questions of blame at its heart. Is climate change the fault of greedy individuals or a tragedy of the commons? And who’s to blame for the Boston bombing? For rising inequality? For the killing of Jon Snow? As the editors of The Cubit, RD’s science-and-religion portal, blame has been on our minds, for ours is a Golden…