Searching for Moral High Ground While Houston Drowns: A Perspective on the Lakewood Church Controversy
On Saturday, August 26, Lakewood Church issued a statement on Facebook that they were going…
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Will Millennials Forge a Future for the Progressive Black Church?
An electric sermon lights up the night at a century-old conference for Black clergy.
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How “Race Tests” Maintain Evangelical Segregation
Comedian John Crist’s YouTube sketches lampooning Christian subculture have gained notoriety largely due to the repetitive one liners that…
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“I Speak to God in Public”: Are Young Black Millennials Reclaiming a Theology of Resistance?
If the numerous think-pieces and essays on “Coloring Book” were any indication, one could surmise that Chance’s popularity was in part because of his public embrace of his faith, not despite it.
Read MoreI’m Not Going to Pray For Trump
To forgive representative powers and principalities of their spiritual wickedness is to be morally complicit in the potentially active oppression of one’s self—and certainly in the oppression of one’s neighbor.
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To Be Christian, Intellectual and Black: A Response to Vincent Lloyd
Continuing the conversation on the role and reception of black Christian intellectuals in this country.
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Rev. William Barber: Speaking “Truth that Empowers”
I moved to the Triangle area of North Carolina in 2014, and I had only…
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A Theology of Anger: Forgiveness For White Supremacy Derails Action and Alienates Young Black Activists
Just a day after the massacre in the historic Emanuel AME Church of Charleston, the son of…
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“Ex-Gay” Gospel Star Donnie McClurkin and the Decline of Public Theology
Last week there was a flurry of controversy over the public disinviting of gospel star Donnie Mclurkin to a DC celebration of in advance of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. The mayor’s…
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