racism
Racism by law
Joel Edward Goza shows how White supremacy has used legislation to structure the social reality of the United States.
The criminalized apostles
Jeremy Williams offers an indispensable study of the book of Acts and the rhetoric of crime in the Roman Empire.
Still seeking justice for George Floyd
Five years after an infamous murder, George Floyd Square in Minneapolis remains a site of protest, lament, and mutual aid.
Fighting climate change with Black soul power
Heather McTeer Toney’s masterful weaving of storytelling, history, hope, and scientific truth is for Black people, White allies, and everyone.
The D.C. church that beat the Proud Boys in court now owns their name
“There was no disagreement as to whether we should engage,” says Metropolitan AME pastor Bill Lamar, “but there was definitely a risk calculation.”
The story of Richmond’s “cathedral of the Confederacy”
Christopher Graham’s book focuses on the racism of one Virginia congregation. It will challenge all those who cause harm in the name of virtue.
White supremacy shows up in unexpected places
Supremacy feels so good on the inside that we are all vulnerable to its sirens.
The tropes that birth the hero
It is admirable that Bonhoeffer endeavors to highlight Black life. But one must be careful that the Black life of one’s representation is not playing in the dark of caricatured Black people.
What White Christians did to Black Charlotte
Greg Jarrell explores how one congregation in his city took advantage of racist urban renewal policies.
Why church marketing won’t work with Gen Z
Equity requires people with power giving some of it up. What if we applied this principle to young adult ministry?
A poet’s quarrel with herself
Danielle Chapman’s lustrous memoir is at its best when she holds her family’s Confederate history up to the light.
The strengths and limitations of Saul Alinsky’s approach
Mark Santow’s intellectual biography of the influential organizer explores how his Chicago coalitions wrestled with the challenges of race.
The shared root of antisemitism and White supremacy
Historian Magda Teter identifies an endemic rot at the center of Christianity.
Self-evident truths?
What may have been obvious to Thomas Jefferson was probably not obvious to those he enslaved.
Twin threats to democracy
Patricia Ventura and Edward Chan interrogate the ongoing enabling relationship between White supremacy and neoliberalism.
Navigating James Baldwin’s legacy
Greg Garrett provides a road map for the terrain of the prophetic writer’s work and thought.
The uniquely American story of Crownsville Hospital
Antonia Hylton digs into the history of a Maryland asylum that forced its Black patients to build their own facilities.