The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina held a leadership forum to help pastors figure out how to speak out […]
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Simply put, trust means confidence. The opposite of trust – distrust – is suspicion. When you trust people, you have
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‘The seminary needs a deeper reckoning,’ they wrote, ‘with its current relationship to and investment in modern systems of enslavement.’
Princeton Theological Seminary students, alumni seek ouster of trustee chair Read More »
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”1 Rarely would I steal..not plagiarize..but steal a title from an author or organization…but the claim to
“Who Woulda Thunk…A Semicolon” Read More »
free article from the New York Times With America’s white conservatives increasingly drawn to Christian nationalism, many Black believers feel
Black, Evangelical and Torn Read More »
a free article from the New York Times
Our New Promethean Moment Read More »
For centuries, we have recognized the importance of networking. According to Brian Uzzi, a management professor at Northwestern University, networks
Networks come with three major advantages Read More »
by Robert P. Jones https://religionnews.com/2023/03/14/five-charts-that-explain-the-desperate-turn-to-maga-among-conservative-white-christians/
Five charts that explain the desperate turn to MAGA among conservative white Christians Read More »
Just as the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Dawes Act of 1887 were used to strip Native tribes
Slavery was abolished, but the beliefs that justified it were not. Read More »
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
How can a poor man stand such times and live? Read More »
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
Author and priest Randall Balmer: ‘Sport has eclipsed religion as the US pastime’ Read More »
If you ask young people to leave race at home, you might as well tell them to stay home, too.
Young people flourish where faith leaders see color Read More »
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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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
San Francisco’s Black residents could get a $5 million reparations payout Read More »
In fall of 2015 I was part of a panel forum exploring the history and future of progressive faith communities
“This is a message those other White people need to hear.” Read More »
by Susan K. Smith Ten days after Dylann Roof murdered eight people and their pastor at Emanuel AME Church in
The Confederate Flag, Fear, and a Woman Named Bree Newsome Read More »
France’s Catholic bishops’ conference agreed to provide reparations after a 2021 report estimated some 330,000 children were sexually abused over
French church abuse victims get reparations, and recognition Read More »
It is tempting to look back over the history of scapegoating women and breathe a sigh of relief: “Whew! It
Anti-scapegoating work remains to be done Read More »
More specifically, as psychologist Richard N. Perloff explained years ago in his book The Dynamics of Persuasion, we can avoid
All persuasion is self-persuasion Read More »
