Uncategorized New data reveals extraordinary global heating in the Arctic Temperatures in the Barents Sea region are ‘off the scale’ and may affect extreme weather in the US and Europe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/15/new-data-reveals-extraordinary-global-heating-in-the-arctic
Brandan Robertson His was a social revolution Jesus lived in an unjust society and throughout his life witnessed the constant abuse of his people by the Roman Empire. Not only this, but his religious tradition consistently reminded…
Uncategorized How millions of lives can be saved if the US acts now on climate Researchers have now calculated how many people could be saved from heat-related death if the US takes meaningful action https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/16/us-climate-crisis-millions-lives-saved
Mark Feldmeir “The glory of God is a human being fully alive.” One common misconception about Jesus is that his earthly ministry was defined primarily by his teaching and preaching. But read the gospels carefully and you will find that the majority…
Uncategorized American Bubbles: Politics, Race, and Religion in Americans’ Core Friendship Networks https://www.prri.org/research/american-bubbles-politics-race-and-religion-in-americans-core-friendship-networks/
Uncategorized ‘The atmosphere is electrifying’: How Braver Angels debates are lighting up college campuses https://braverangels.org/the-atmosphere-is-electrifying-how-braver-angels-debates-are-lighting-up-college-campuses/
Catherine Meeks Where Does Racial Harmony Exist? One way to heal the racial divide is to observe under what conditions racial harmony exists or flourishes. I notice most progress with racism occurs in situations and organizations where…
Uncategorized A small round table conversation We recently hosted a small round table conversation in Atlanta, Georgia. The topic was race and racism. We invited ten black people and five white people. We started things off…
Uncategorized The Theft of Identity Our first claim is that White supremacy stole the truth about the identity of African Americans. In saying this, we are not speaking of identity in the theological sense. In…
Brandan Robertson God in Christ makes clear whose side God is on when it comes to questions of injustice From a theological lens, Christians assert that God chose to incarnate as a first-century Jewish man, as a member of a community that constantly lived under the threat of colonizing…
Lisa Sharon Harper South Carolina slave laws South Carolina’s layered slave trades grew in complexity. The multiplying African population increased the terror of White settlers, who codified their fear into law through new race codes in 1740:…