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February 2013

February 01, 2013
The basic premise of my recent book, The Violence of Scripture, is quite simple: the Bible should...
February 01, 2013
*Update: We will live tweet the lectures using as our hashtag #MTSTodd. Follow Memphis Theological Seminary...

January 2013

January 29, 2013
by KimberlyPeeler-RingerR3 ContributorHave you ever been watching a newscast, learned some awful crime has happened...
January 29, 2013
From its place in schools, to the public square, to people’s individual lives, the current...
January 29, 2013
What do evangelicals want? Marcia Pally attempts to answer that question for at least some...
January 29, 2013
The Black Theology and Leadership Institute is a week long intensive continuing education event for the training,...
January 28, 2013
Back in 2003, when the US went to war with Iraq, I was working in...
January 28, 2013
Abstract:Objective:This study examined spiritual coping (beliefs and practices) of depressed African American cancer patients through...
January 28, 2013
In a richly insightful reflection on the public contributions and prospects of black religion scholarship,...
January 26, 2013
In the days following President Obama’s inauguration address,commentators across the political spectrum have made much about...
January 26, 2013
by Andre E. JohnsonR3 Editor*This is part of the keynote speech I gave at Viterbo...
January 24, 2013
Americans are more likely to believe that improving mental health screening and support is the...
January 24, 2013
by Carol Howard MerrittR3 ContributorI picked up the Tribune, and my mouth fell open at the...
January 23, 2013
At Monday’s Inauguration ceremony a poet echoed a president, transforming themes of connection and equality into vivid images...
January 22, 2013
January 22, 2013
Civil religion is the folk religion of a nation; in the United States, invocation of...
January 22, 2013
by Crystal St. Marie LewisR3 ContributorI’m taking an interfaith conflict resolution course at my seminary....
January 21, 2013
by Cynthia NielsenR3 ContributorIn Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s essay, “Nonviolence and Racial Justice,” he...
January 21, 2013
by Gee JoynerR3 ContributorI’m sure I’ll be rhetorically crucified in cyberspace by the American Negro....
January 21, 2013
On Monday, our nation will celebrate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther...
January 21, 2013
by Tony PetersonR3 ContributorFirst posted on LifewayI wasn't aware of Rev. Martin Luther King until he...
January 19, 2013
On April 9, 1968, Benjamin Elijah Mays had the burdensome honor of delivering a eulogy...
January 19, 2013
About a year ago I attended an excellent conference on the great American author, Flannery...
January 19, 2013
On Monday the United States will celebrate one of its great festivals of civil religion...
January 18, 2013
Cynthia R. Nielsen, Ph.D. is a Catherine of Siena Fellow at Villanova University. Nielsen’s work...
January 17, 2013
by Cynthia NielsenR3 ContributorFirst posted at Per CaritatemTaking as his point of departure the story of...
January 17, 2013
As we head into a new year, the guardians of traditional religion are ramping up...
January 17, 2013
President Obama will publicly take the oath of office with Bibles once owned by his...
January 17, 2013
A recent parliamentary report in the United Kingdom reveals that some Muslim women are removing...
January 16, 2013
On January 7, 2013, the New York Times carried a story about the race to fill the Congressional seat...
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