Hey Hey, Ho Ho White Jesus Has to Go… But The Issue is More Complicated Than You Think
As a child growing up in Louisville, Kentucky in the late 1970s a curious painting…
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Keepers of History or Dangerous Idols: The Case Against Statues From an Unlikely Source
High above the nine living justices of the Supreme Court, carved atop the marble columns…
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Behind a Recent Stunt in Idaho Lies a Dangerous Theocratic Movement
Last Tuesday, just days before Idaho became one of a handful states to see a…
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The Economy is Racism: Ending Race-Based Economic Violence is the Real Challenge of This Moment
Please feel free to ignore the economists and pundits who like to say that Wall…
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Will ‘Pandemic Time’ Save Us From the Inhuman and Destructive Demands of ‘Fossil-Fuel Time’?
In our recent book on environmental ethics, Kevin O’Brien and I deal quite a bit…
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The ‘Have More Children and Disciple Them Like Crazy’ Culture War Strategy is Neither New Nor Responsible
In a blog post for The Gospel Coalition, Kevin DeYoung calls for conservative Christians to…
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To Get Through This Time We’ll Have to Shred the ‘Racial Contract’ and Choose Solidarity Over Sacrifice
In a March poll, respondents asked to choose whether the federal government’s priority should be…
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Louie Giglio ‘White Blessing’ Incident Reveals Something Critical About Evangelical Efforts to Address Racism
On June 14th, as the city of Atlanta reeled from the murder of Rayshard Brooks…
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What is Juneteenth to America? It Has to Be More Than ‘Black 4th of July’ if It’s to Be Truly Meaningful
There’s never been a time in American history when this nation hasn’t been anti-black. This…
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Dear White Evangelicals: A Black Square Ain’t Gonna Cut It
In recent weeks, watching evangelical white preachers, pastors, and Christian schools post black squares on…
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