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Rev. Ella Pearson Mitchell (1917-2008)

By Jonathan L. Walton

…and professor of homiletics at Interdenominational Theological Seminary in Atlanta and the D.Min program at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Sure, she introduced us to Those Preaching Women. But she, along with her partner Henry, also introduced the world to the aural vivacity and theological sophistication of the black spoken word tradition that extends back to the West African griot. And, more importantly, she helped to open the mind…

Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?

By Chrissy Stroop

…seem to be bearing out that initial contention. In the wake of the racist Atlanta spa murders, for example, my analysis of the likely role played by evangelical purity culture—itself grounded in racism and misogyny—went viral, and the legacy media continued the discussion, with The Washington Post adding a critical look at discredited evangelical therapeutic practices related to “sex addiction” (which is not an established diagnosis and certainly…

RD News Round-Up—September 22, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…also helped found Evangelicals for Human Rights in 2006. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Keith Pavlischek from the Ethics and Public Policy Center—a Washington-based think tank formerly headed by Neocon hawk Elliott Abrams—also an evangelical, had no plans to attend the conference. Pavlischek “has countered Gushee’s articles on torture in the evangelical flagship publication Christianity Today. Pavlischek does not rule out harsh tr…

Herman Cain Sings For the Press

By Anthea Butler

…into the conversation. Cain, a member of Antioch Baptist church North in Atlanta, Ga, has mentioned his Christian faith on the campaign trail, and has recorded a gospel album. Cain’s singing of “He looked beyond my faults” was, in my opinion, a combination of minstrel show, an Amos and Andy riff without Amos, and a sly admission. By going into entertainment mode with the crowd, Cain tried to both deftly testify to his faith with his Teavangelica…

Liberal Intolerance, Or, an Occasion for Public Theology

By Byron Williams

Earlier this summer, a short item in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution told the story of Dr. Jamal-Dominique Hopkins, a scholar recently dismissed from his teaching position at the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta. The story was that this was the result of Hopkins’ adherence to so-called “biblical orthodoxy,” which differed from the mainstream culture of the seminary. At the heart of the case of Dr. Hopkins, who is an evange…

Don’t Blame Religion for Boston Bombings

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…age; the 2010 Times Square bombing attempt by Faisal Shahzad; and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic park bombing by Eric Robert Rudolph, to name a few. Some of these were committed by Christians, some by Muslims, and some by those with no particular religious affiliation at all. In almost all cases, though, these have been instances where lonely, alienated individuals have raged against a society that they thought had abandoned them. These lone wolf events…

Religion Was Not the Reason for the Paris Attacks

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…hat, the 2010 Times Square bombing attempt by Faisal Shahzad, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic park by Eric Robert Rudolph, who was related to the Christian Identity movement. As I argued after the Boston bombing: Some of these were committed by Christians, some by Muslims, and some by those with no particular religious affiliation at all. In almost all cases, though, these have been instances where lonely, alienated individuals have raged against a s…

3 Takeaways from #Easter2015

By Michael Schulson

…tover. New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch in the suburbs of Atlanta, pushed #IAmResurrection, with the hashtag scrawled, in enormous, blood red font across the top of church’s Easter-themed webpage: Christian Faith Center, in Seattle, used #RememberFriday and #CelebrateSunday, while Hillsong, the Australian-turned-global megachurch musical phenomenon, ran an entire branded campaign around #crossequalslove. Other churches used Easter…

Should We Expect to See a Rise in Christian Nationalist Violence in the US?

By Nilay Saiya

…out the bombing of a government building in Oklahoma City, the bombing of Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, and numerous bombings of abortion clinics across the country. But Christian nationalist violence has also experienced a resurgence in recent years. Christian nationalist ideology figured prominently in the violence of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia; mass shootings at an African American church in Charleston, So…

Public Religion in a Post-Christian Age, Graduation Edition

By David Gushee

…children graduated from a large, quite diverse public high school here in Atlanta. Both went to baccalaureate services and graduation exercises. At none of these four events was any kind of religious expression attempted, not even at the baccalaureate services held at local churches. I was also struck by the lack of any kind of patriotic or ethical exhortation. The graduation events were primarily memorable for their extraordinary speed. Lacking…