“Integrated into a Burning House?”: A Pre-Inauguration Conversation with Rev. Cecil Murray
RD met with Rev. Cecil Murray to discuss how the black church’s past might inform his future.
Read MoreRemapping American Christianities
This initiative aimed to take a fresh look at Christianity’s increasingly diverse expression in the United States. As the monochromatic paradigm of American Christianity fades, this initiative explored how people came together in new ways to express their beliefs, effect social justice, and find community in structures we may not yet recognize as “church.”
From Bad to Worstest: How Liberals Should (And Should Not) Talk About Values
In the end, I think we can have conversations about our values because we’re human, and that’s what humans do.
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Rev. William Barber Calls Jeff Sessions Nomination A “Moral Crisis”
Interfaith clergy group urges Senate to reject Sessions’ attorney general nomination
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“Make The Mass Latin Again”: The Pope Francis Backlash Comes Home
There’s beauty in mythology, to be sure. But there is also grave danger in believing mythologies can save broken institutions.
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Rev. Barber: A “Moral Center,” Not a “Religious Left,” Will Save Us in 2017
Is the eve of Trump era the darkness of the tomb or the darkness of the womb?
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Year-End Best Books in Race and Religion in American History
With all the memes wishing a good riddance to 2016, and John Oliver’s epic send-off…
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You Fix This Mess: Post-Election, Evangelicals of Color Disappointed in White Evangelicals
“I think the white church has to do some self-examination to see whether they are in line with the Gospel or just pushing a civil religion.”
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No Shocker for This Gay Ex-Jesuit, Vatican Rejects Gay Priests (Again)
I am not shocked by the Vatican’s recent affirmation of the 2005 ban on admitting…
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Time to Face Facts: White Evangelicalism Has Always Been Right Wing
Even the protests of progressive evangelicals themselves offer proof that progressive initiatives have never be more than an aberration to the overwhelming prevalence of evangelical conservatism.
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How to Talk to a Trump Evangelical at Christmas
Many Americans remain discouraged or angry about the presidential election. Those gathering around the tree this holiday season with evangelical family may feel particularly bewildered.
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