11 Top RD Stories of the Year: Because in 2020 Religion Went to 11
We could spend time preciously putting together a mildly clever and gently informative introduction to…
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Why I’m Not Quite Sold on ‘Black Santa’
Like many areas in American life, the symbols of Christmas are haunted by the specter…
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For Clergy Who Ministered Through the AIDS Crisis Covid is Both Eerily Familiar and Puzzlingly Different
“This is not my first plague.” In 1982, Rev. Steve Pieters was the first minister…
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History Matters: On the 400th Anniversary of Plymouth We’re Still Clinging to Destructive National Myths
Within William Bradford’s massive work, Of Plymouth Plantation, composed between 1630 and 1651 while he…
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Forced Cremation of Covid Dead in Sri Lanka Further Marginalizes Muslim Community
Baby Shaayiq Faz was just 20 days old when he died. He was the youngest…
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I Agree: Critical Race Theory is Indeed Incompatible With Southern Baptist Convention’s ‘Faith and Message’
The six white men who lead the seminaries of the Southern Baptist Convention released a…
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Can White Jews Still Be White if They’re Reviled By White Supremacists?
Under Trump’s presidency there has been a rise in high profile anti-Jewish incidents. Perhaps because…
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Survival of the CrossFittest: After a Schism Over Racism Can the Fitness Empire Shed its Culture of Whiteness?
This weekend, Oct. 23-25th, marks the end of the 2020 CrossFit Games season, with ten…
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How U.S. Conservatives Conjured the Jesus of Their Dreams
It seems that when Donald Trump and his Republican enablers are able to seat a…
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Are Churches Making Americans More Racist?
America recently witnessed another display of the power of white supremacy in the failure to…
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