Anti-immigrant sentiment
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. […]
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Meet Durham’s Friendship House, a community of Divinity School students and people with disabilities
The Friendship House has a transformative effect on both the students and the core residents. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/01/duke-university-durham-friendship-house-divinity-school
Can religion and faith combat eco-despair?
As anxiety over the climate and environmental degradation rises, a scholar argues that teachings from religion and spirituality need to
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Claiming “color blindness”
THE COMMON IDEA of claiming “color blindness” is akin to the notion of being “ not racist” – as with
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Rowan Williams calls for UK wealth tax to tackle ‘spiralling inequality’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/17/rowan-williams-uk-wealth-tax-inequality-archbishop-rich-poor
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The earliest phase of the Christian Right movement didn’t bridge the Protestant-Catholic divide
The earliest phase of the Christian Right movement didn’t bridge the Protestant-Catholic divide. But when Protestant Christian Right leaders such
Our spiritual leaders need to step up to heal our political divisions
By Sister Simone Campbell https://religionnews.com/2022/02/16/how-faith-leaders-can-heal-the-peoples-divisions-and-restore-hope/
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The Lasting Legacy Of Redlining
From FiveThirtyEight https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redlining/ The project looked at 138 formerly redlined cities and found most were still segregated — just like
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Do you care about voting rights?
If so, we suggest you check out Faiths United to Save Democracy, an initiative of Sojourners, Skinner Leadership Institute, the
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“Nothing New Under the Sun”: Opposing Racism Today
Red Letter Christians highlights the chapter Michael W. Waters wrote for our book “How to Heal Our Divides: A Practical
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In many instances unwilling to abide by it
Our beloved Bible gave us the Great Commandment, found in the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. It is
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The Creation of Blackness
To understand Whiteness we must begin with Blackness. In the emergence of Blackness, Whiteness finds its origin and its meaning.
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What does it mean to become an AFFIRMING CHURCH?
by Stacey Chomiak https://staceychomiak.com/2022/01/29/what-does-it-mean-to-become-an-affirming-church/
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How to Change Someone’s Mind
by Michael McCray https://www.michaelmcray.com/blog/how-to-change-someones-mind
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Plagued by that devil voice
Also: I’ve spent a lot of my life in classrooms and the hallways of academia. I know the people on
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Lisa Sharon Harper’s ‘Fortune’ uncovers America’s racial roots in family stories
from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2022/02/03/christian-activist-lisa-sharon-harpers-family-story-uncovers-americas-racial-roots/
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Today our schools are nearly as segregated as they were before
In my gut, I’ve always known that laws are merely expressions of a society’s dominant beliefs. It’s the beliefs that
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Entitlements
Another frequently heard concern regards entitlements, and whether reparations might contribute to a culture of entitlement among African Americans. We
Whites tend to live as if we are unmarked racially
I hated coming to the realization of what people of color potentially faced every day: I was a body; I
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Religious communities have a moral obligation to make the internet better
Six ways religious and spiritual leaders can help the internet serve their communities right now. By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush https://religionnews.com/2022/01/19/religious-communities-have-a-moral-obligation-to-make-the-internet-better/
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‘Trying to disappear the poor’: California clears homeless camp near Super Bowl
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/26/homeless-los-angeles-super-bowl
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