Earlier this week a pastor was being interviewed by a student who was intrigued by the pastor\u2019s ministerial authenticity and perspective. Throughout the interview the student expressed a disdain and disgust towards the traditional, dominant (mainstream) ministerial expressions\/productions and was somewhat taken aback by the pastor\u2019s affirmation of her disgust and disdain. To add to the enchanting exchange, the student expressed a desire to visit the pastor\u2019s house of worship, at least in part, because (although she didn\u2019t currently attend worship regularly anywhere as a byproduct of her disgust and disdain) she wanted her \u201cat risk\u201d son to have an encounter and relationship with God. \u201cIronic\u201d would be a blasphemous understatement. Strangely, this is the same relationship that she presumed was accessible through traditional methods (i.e. Sunday worship in a Christian context) but yet had not been persuaded to seek this same God out for herself through the same means (at least not in the last decade or so, to her recollection). <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n On October 1, 2013, Congress could not agree to a continuing resolution to fund the government and it led to a shutdown. We here at Rhetoric Race and Religion decided to collect writings that examined the shutdown through the lens of religion and spirituality. We invite you to share your own writing or others by contacting us at rhetoricraceandreligion@gmail.com on Twitter@examinereligion\u00a0<\/a>or\u00a0Facebook<\/a>. Enjoy<\/span> Here are the top five posts from Rhetoric Race and Religion this week. To contribute to R3, click\u00a0here.Number 1The Forgotten Preacher: Bishop Henry McNeal Turnerby\u00a0Andre E. JohnsonR3 EditorHenry McNeal Turner, the first black chaplain in the Union Army and one of the most prominent religious and political leaders of Civil War era black America, was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThe #GovernmentShutdown: A Reader<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nSandra Roberts Makes Adventist History<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
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