Leslie D. Callahan

Leslie D. Callahan is the pastor of St. Paul's Baptist Church in Philadelphia.

Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesNovember 23, 2016

The Black Church in Trump’s America: Refuge and Resistance

By Leslie D. Callahan

“Resistance will require us to renounce our own tendencies to espouse practices of Islamophobia, patriarchy, and homophobia in our congregations and denominations,” says Rev. Leslie Callahan.

Politics/LawJune 17, 2009

Obama and King: History in Motion

By Leslie D. Callahan

King and Obama have in common a confidence that people can be moved to do something different. King devoted his life to and for that confidence. He was not the first, and Obama will not be the last.