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The myth of white innocence in Detroit
Kathryn Bigelow's film lays bare our assumptions about guilt and race.
Aid groups seek funds as Sudan crisis worsens
The number of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda has reached 1 million.
World’s oldest man—an Auschwitz survivor—dies at 113
Yisrael Kristal, an Orthodox Jew, celebrated his bar mitzvah in Israel last October, 100 years late.
Member of Trump's evangelical advisory board resigns
A. R. Bernard, lead pastor of a 33,000-member church in Brooklyn, New York, cited "conflict in values" with the administration.
Conscience means "knowing together"
In worship, our moral compass is recalibrated—with the help of others.
Counterprotesters overwhelm free speech rally in Boston
The people who attended a rally at the Boston Common did not bear Nazi symbols or racist slogans. But the tens of thousands of counterprotesters saw their intention as defending hate speech.
Who was Joseph Oppenheimer, and why was he killed?
Yair Mintzker doesn't know. He's more interested in why other historians keep trying to write a 19th-century novel about the 18th-century case.
September 24, Ordinary 25A (Philippians 1:21–30; Matthew 20:1–16)
The work of advancing the kingdom doesn't translate into fair compensation as we understand it.
Is popularity the goal?
Jesus wants us to be likable—but more importantly, he wants us to love.
Goa, the Rome of the East
India's 20 million Catholics don't seem to mind that their faith looks pretty European.
The next bishop of Raleigh is from Latin America, like many in his flock
Luis Rafael Zarama's appointment by Pope Francis is another indication of the growth in the number of Hispanic Catholics—especially in the South.
'Still singing this damn song'
There is an idea that has infected a lot of us: that things are worse than ever.
Are Wendell Berry's Port William stories about racism?
According to Joseph Wiebe, Berry's vision of rural life starts with his reckoning with Kentucky, the Shawnee, and black slavery.
Faith leaders on the front lines in Charlottesville
An interfaith group of clergy gathered alongside anti-racist and anti-fascist activists countering white supremacist and neo-Nazi protesters.
I shouldn't have to be so scared
In 34 years in this country, I've experienced racism. But I've never felt like I feel this week.
Hitting the pavement instead of the sheetcake
This is our Pentecost moment, to move out into the streets, proclaiming the Spirit's presence among all people.
God's words and liturgy's echo
"I love you," says God. "We love you, too," our prayers reply.
God's foreign service (Isaiah 56: 1, 6-8)
God builds “a house of prayer for all peoples.” All means all.
Tillerson says protecting targets of ISIS is U.S. religious freedom priority
The secretary of state cited the militant group's attacks on Middle Eastern religious minorities.