What was the mechanism of this connection?
I felt the same way about the inipi. My ability to explain what had happened didn’t obscure my absolute joy […]
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“Who Woulda Thunk…A Semicolon”
“WHO WOULDA THUNK…A SEMICOLON”1 Rarely would I steal..not plagiarize..but steal a title from an author or organization…but the claim to
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Black, Evangelical and Torn
free article from the New York Times With America’s white conservatives increasingly drawn to Christian nationalism, many Black believers feel
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Our New Promethean Moment
a free article from the New York Times
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Networks come with three major advantages
For centuries, we have recognized the importance of networking. According to Brian Uzzi, a management professor at Northwestern University, networks
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Five charts that explain the desperate turn to MAGA among conservative white Christians
by Robert P. Jones https://religionnews.com/2023/03/14/five-charts-that-explain-the-desperate-turn-to-maga-among-conservative-white-christians/
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Slavery was abolished, but the beliefs that justified it were not.
Just as the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Dawes Act of 1887 were used to strip Native tribes
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How can a poor man stand such times and live?
by Angela Denker https://open.substack.com/pub/angeladenker/p/how-can-a-poor-man-stand-such-times?r=1ewbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Author and priest Randall Balmer: ‘Sport has eclipsed religion as the US pastime’
In his new book, the scholar examines how religion shaped the history of major sports in North America https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/mar/13/author-and-priest-randall-balmer-sport-has-eclipsed-religion-as-the-us-pastime
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Young people flourish where faith leaders see color
If you ask young people to leave race at home, you might as well tell them to stay home, too.
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The battle to boost our deep sleep – and help stop dementia
The biological ‘brainwashing’ that happens while you are sleeping is crucial for filtering out toxins. Here’s how to optimise your
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San Francisco’s Black residents could get a $5 million reparations payout
The city’s board of supervisors showed support for a plan to compensate eligible residents for slavery and systemic racism. https://qz.com/reparations-san-francisco-slavery-racism-1850227344
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“This is a message those other White people need to hear.”
In fall of 2015 I was part of a panel forum exploring the history and future of progressive faith communities
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The Confederate Flag, Fear, and a Woman Named Bree Newsome
by Susan K. Smith Ten days after Dylann Roof murdered eight people and their pastor at Emanuel AME Church in
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French church abuse victims get reparations, and recognition
France’s Catholic bishops’ conference agreed to provide reparations after a 2021 report estimated some 330,000 children were sexually abused over
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Anti-scapegoating work remains to be done
It is tempting to look back over the history of scapegoating women and breathe a sigh of relief: “Whew! It
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All persuasion is self-persuasion
More specifically, as psychologist Richard N. Perloff explained years ago in his book The Dynamics of Persuasion, we can avoid
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Virtues for a Democracy
So what virtues are most relevant for a democratic society? What virtues help us live together and even thrive in
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Meet the organization preserving and promoting the stories of Black Methodists
After funding from the United Methodist Church General Conference ended and in-person events were put on hold during the COVID-19
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Faith leaders urge Biden to sign executive order for reparations study by Juneteenth
They urged Biden to base an order on the structure of H.R. 40, legislation proposed for decades that has yet
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