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December 2014

December 17, 2014
The release of the CIA torture report uncovered and detailed the many brutal tactics employed...
December 16, 2014
At this point, there are so many sex scandals among conservative religious organizations, we’re no...
December 15, 2014
by Katherine Whitfield R3 Contributor “For manifestly, you have long been aware of what you...
December 15, 2014
Students in the Fall 2014 African American Religious Thought class at Memphis Theological Seminary created...
December 15, 2014
The events of the last few weeks have left many people in our country weary....
December 15, 2014
In the first installment in this new series, Conversations in Black, Miller and Driscoll talk...
December 15, 2014
by Andrew Wilkes Special to R3 This first appeared on HuffingtonPost To be black in...
December 13, 2014
by Kimberly Macharia Special to R3   When labels are placed onto human beings, something scary...
December 12, 2014
Nothing about religion in the public sphere is uncomplicated. And those attendant complications permeate the...
December 11, 2014
[This article has been adapted from a paper delivered at the 2014 American Academy of...
December 11, 2014
My friend, Peter Heltzel, and a cohort of some 75 faith leaders in New York...
December 10, 2014
As several recent posts here show, I’m not terribly optimistic about the capacity of white...
December 10, 2014
Our present moment is not about the occasional killing of black men, or about poor...
December 08, 2014
As demonstrations continue around the country, protesting the deaths of African American men at the...
December 08, 2014
The human relations I valued most were held cheap by the world I lived in....
December 07, 2014
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Rev. Dr. Serene Jones talk about the importance of love,...
December 07, 2014
African-American clergy, academics and activists will hold a march on Washington this week, protesting the...
December 07, 2014
One thing that I never tire of pondering as a Christian is how Jesus’ cross...
December 06, 2014
by Crystal St. Marie LewisR3 ContributorFirst Published in Window on ReligionLike most of you, I’ve...
December 05, 2014
This week the streets all over our country have been filled with protesters expressing grief,...
December 04, 2014
by Miles S Mullin, IIR3 ContributorAfter the St. Louis County (MO) Grand Jury in Ferguson...
December 03, 2014
I have to admit, I was not surprised when State Prosecutor Bob McCulloch read as...
December 03, 2014
In this lecture and discussion, R3 contributor Daniel White Hodge, explored the current generation of youth culture...
December 01, 2014
As black evangelical leaders, we believe it is important to respond to The Gospel Coalition’s...
December 01, 2014
Just as churches, seminaries and congregational consultants began to wrap their heads around the concept...

November 2014

November 30, 2014
Let me be clear: I believe that Ferguson is about race.I know that many people...
November 28, 2014
The heart of the black community in America was broken last night. The offense was...
November 27, 2014
Why are authorities responding to the protesters in Ferguson with tanks and tear gas, as...
November 24, 2014
The worst part of the racist backlash to Obama's presidency isn't seen in comments such...
November 24, 2014
The only remaining, major, organized institutions in the US with enough scope and moral authority...
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