Black Lives Matter
BLM is writing a new chapter in the history of black people's struggle for full equality. What are the implications for churches?
Desiree Griffiths, 31, holds up a sign during a 2014 protest in Miami. AP Photo by Lynne Sladky.
The Black Lives Matter movement that has unfolded in cities and on campuses across the nation is writing a new chapter in black people’s struggle for liberation. We asked writers to reflect on what the movement has accomplished, where its energies should be focused, and what implications it has for churches. Their responses are listed below.
Full humanity, by Brian Bantum
The challenge to Christians, by Anthea D. Butler
Jesus of the resistance, by Brittney Cooper
The church's respectability politics, by Gary Dorrien
Black love of black people, by Jennifer Harvey
Black lives rising, by Eboni Marshall Turman
The language of liberation, by Reggie Williams
This article appears in the March 16, 2016 issue.
