Liberal Christians Come Out Swinging at Trump, Mostly
How liberal and mainline Christian leaders are reacting to Trump’s election
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To Be Christian, Intellectual and Black: A Response to Vincent Lloyd
Continuing the conversation on the role and reception of black Christian intellectuals in this country.
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Religion and Resistance at the New National Museum of African American History and Culture
A Q&A with the Rev. Yolanda Pierce, director of DC’s new Center for the Study of African American Religion.
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Why We Need a Public Black Theology for the 21st Century
Black Christian public intellectuals are a vanishing group.
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A History of Prophetic Black Preaching That Doesn’t Start or End With Dr. King
“We preachers who have come of age in the 21st century stand on tall shoulders and drink from cisterns and wells we did not dig.”
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It was one of those moments last summer when it looked like the short-lived Trump…
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A Furious Sadness: Conversation with Christian Protester of Nazi-Saluting Trump Supporter
Every so often, a news story of the day opens up into something deeper, broader,…
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Race, Reparations and the Search for Our Molecular Soul
When scientists first mapped the human genome in 2000, public figures celebrated the milestone in…
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“Let’s Get in Formation”: Beyoncé’s Spiritual Call for Black Resistance
I don’t like Beyoncé in the way that some people do—I am not a bee in…
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A Moral Movement Where Everyone Is in For the Long Haul
When I mention Moral Mondays to secular friends, few have heard of it. In faith-based…
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