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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Tearing Down Evangelical Icons: Why Penn’s Decision to Remove George Whitefield Statue May Be Good for American Evangelicalism
It’s a curious fact of history that a statue of John Wesley stands prominently ensconced…
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Busting a Myth of Evangelical Glory Days … and More in White Supremacy Quiz
Last week, Justice Not Jails surveyed its subscribers to gauge their familiarity with the history…
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Spiritual Mapping Evangelicals Battle Vodou in Haiti
Reza Aslan is the host of the new spiritual adventure series Believer, which tackles the…
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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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New History Finally Recognizes Afro-Creole Spiritualists
To the Afro-Creole Spiritualists of New Orleans, spirits were important, raced bodies were not.
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Pious White Reformers and Race, Then and Now
The old refrain that white liberals are the bane of systemic change applies differently when…
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Yale Clings to Racist Legacy… And Cash. Lots of Cash.
God and Mammon at Yale.
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Where, oh where, are the “budget is a moral document” types when we really need…
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Rape-Marriage of Nigerian Girls is ‘Biblical Marriage’
Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls have been ripped from their desks and chairs, notebooks and pencils,…
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