One Black church's COVID-19 response: ‘Alleviate, educate, activate’
Faced with the viral pandemic, the response by some churches reinforces the important role they still play in the Black community, writes a Brooklyn pastor.
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‘Buried Seeds: Learning from the Vibrant Resilience of Marginalized Christian Communities’
Hush harbors are a perfect example of how Christian community can flourish in the midst of oppression, say two authors in an excerpt from a recent book.
Alexia Salvatierra
Brandon Wrencher
Peter Storey: Is the church here for the world or itself?
A retired white Methodist bishop from South Africa who worked with Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu to end apartheid urges American Christian leaders to take Christian nationalism seriously.
Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church works for the environment and for community well-being
For 40 years, a small, rural North Carolina church has played a crucial role in what is now known as the environmental justice movement.
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Dan Holly
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More than finding a room, building an intentional community
CRECHE, a Boston-area co-housing network, offers space for developing deep relationships while easing the burden of high housing costs.
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Phillip Martin
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Addressing a history of enslavement is key to reparations
A pastor and a sociologist write about the process that a congregation went through to understand and address the enslavers enshrined in their windows.
Lauren Jones Mayfield
Gerardo Martí
A collective of mostly Black women seeks to create a church that prioritizes their needs
The Root Cause Collective aims to provide a flexible space for those marginalized by mainstream churches.
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Cynthia R. Greenlee
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Yoruba Richen and Johanna Hamilton: Rosa Parks was even more impressive than you realized
The first full-length documentary about "the mother of the civil rights movement" reveals a deeper history of a woman who stood up in more ways than she ever sat down, the film’s directors say.
Broken faith
Division in the midterm elections reflects a further descent into conspiracy theories, racial and historical panics, and the invocation of spiritual warfare. How will people of faith respond to the white Christian nationalism that has brought us to this point?
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Anthea Butler
Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Kimberly R. Daniel: Christian innovation must change the status quo to help the marginalized
Innovation isn’t Christian if it doesn’t focus on God’s priorities, says the co-author of a book from the Forum for Theological Exploration.
A missing story finds its way to the stage
A new opera explores Islam’s largely unsung role in the history of enslaved Africans in America as it expands cultural and spiritual understanding.
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Stephanie Hunt
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