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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?
Link to author Anthea Butler
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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
Journalist
‘Psalms for Black Lives: Reflections for the Work of Liberation’
In this excerpt from their recent book, two New York pastors explain how a devotional project begun for their church became an offering to cultivate a “justice imagination” for a larger audience.
Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes
Andrew Wilkes
The shadows and fears cast by US immigration policy
We should recognize the dignity of those in the informal economy and encourage legitimate paths for their financial stability and self-determination, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Maria Teresa Gastón
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Maria Teresa Gastón
Consulting psychologist, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Jamie McGhee and Adam Hollowell: ‘Either we mean it, or we don’t’
The authors of a new book frame a path for reflection and action based on the works of James Baldwin.
Freedom Schools offer a summer of possibilities for the next generation
Grounded in history, the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools face the future by forming students from kindergarten through high school.
Link to author Leslie Quander Wooldridge
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Leslie Quander Wooldridge
Journalist
Chris Furr: Truth telling, confession and redemption
In a conversation with a fellow pastor and friend, the author of “Straight White Male” discusses his book and the path away from patriarchy and white supremacy that the church could offer.
When praying for the win reaches beyond sports
God’s care may not be tied up in a sporting event’s score, but it certainly extends to a community’s victory, writes a managing director at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Victoria Atkinson White
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Victoria Atkinson White
Managing director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
