Honoring and Renewing Dr. King’s Other, More Challenging, Dream — 55 Years Later
Fifty-four years ago—on April 4, 1968—Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. Exactly one…
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Biblical Inerrancy’s Long History as an Evangelical Activist for White Patriarchy
Last week saw another clash about women’s (in)equality play out online between leaders in evangelical…
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As Florida Attempts to Make it Illegal, an Argument for the Sacred Work of White Discomfort
In Florida, a state senate committee wants to make it illegal to cause discomfort to…
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I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’
For readers of RD, Anthea Butler scarcely needs an introduction. Since 2009, shortly after RD’s…
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New Book on Trump and Evangelicals Gets it Mostly Right
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election (and since) many tried to answer the question,…
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Why I Wrote the Freedom Seder And Why It’s Still Necessary 50 Years After Dr. King’s Assassination
Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1968, the transformation of my life began with the…
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From Original Sin to Flattering Mirror: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
By the turn of the millennium, the history of the civil rights movement had become…
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The Audacity of Melancholy: Race, Tragedy, and the Anguish of Progress
In this RD10Q, Joseph Winters explores a new interpretation of hope that makes space for black melancholy and vulnerability.
Read MoreBaptist Resolutions Signal More Culture War
Because of the outspoken opposition to Donald Trump by some of its leaders, and its…
Read MoreWhy Isn’t Ferguson the Start of a New Civil Rights Movement?
The news out of Ferguson has been dominated by discussions of police brutality and the…
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