slavery
Discerning the body
Bodies get sick. What becomes of a church body when we enact unity at the table while ignoring our brokenness?
The old “distraction” slur against advocates for justice
This line of attack goes back to the White Christian opponents of the 19th-century abolition movement.
Dethroning the canonical Paul
Cavan Concannon believes that the apostle’s writings belong in the latrine.
by Greg Carey
Lisa Sharon Harper’s memoir of the legacy of slavery
Fortune gives a wrenching account of intergenerational trauma and its costs.
Freeing Philemon from the “fugitive slave” theory
Stephen Young lets Paul’s letter speak for itself.
The book of Exodus includes a story about reparations for slavery
White Americans aren’t the Israelites; we’re the Egyptians. Maybe we should follow their lead.
Take & Read: American religious history
Five new books about myths and narratives that shape religion in the United States
selected by Anne Blue Wills
Georgetown was built on the backs of enslaved people
Reparations for their descendants are a necessary, imperfect beginning.
How Princeton Seminary’s slavery audit created moments of unlikely intimacy
We need structural change. We also need to be willing to be personally undone.
by Keri L. Day
Robert P. Jones says it’s past time to reckon with Christianity’s role in White supremacy
White Too Long envisions the hope that could follow recognition and repentance.
by Aaron Klink
Seeing Black people in scripture
Esau McCaulley’s book reclaims what the Black church has always known.
The Baptist War didn’t just end slavery in Jamaica
It utterly reshaped the country’s religious landscape.
In the black Atlantic region, religious identity is formed by routes rather than roots
Faith shaped by migration, diaspora, and slavery
The old, evil idea of humans as units of production
When people’s value is reduced to their economic contributions, they are dehumanized.
What makes an American home?
A literary look at the walls that protect us—and keep us captive
by Amy Frykholm
What the Bible actually says about abortion, slavery, and other controversial topics
Should scripture inform our ethics? How, and which parts?
by Jane McBride
The suffering Jesus in Shawn Copeland’s theology
African American spirituality and God’s act of solidarity
The kinds of stories Toni Morrison told
No one has done more to transform the language for thinking about America’s racial past.
Reparations is a spiritual issue
No full reparation for slavery can ever be made. We should try anyway.
by Nibs Stroupe