racism
Shattering the myth of the first Thanksgiving
The Wampanoags shared the gifts of the land. The colonists responded with greed and ingratitude.
by Jane McBride
Reparations would help close the staggering racial wealth gap
William Darity and Kirsten Mullen make the case for finally addressing a great wrong.
The Asian American Christian Collaborative’s efforts to confront anti-Asian racism in the church
The pandemic has made an existing problem worse.
I was afraid to protest in Kenosha, but my parishioner needed me
The city felt like it had been sucker punched.
Danusha Laméris’s new book is filled with small kindnesses
A luminous poetry collection marked by joy and sorrow, humor and truth.
by James Crews
Eddie Glaude revisits James Baldwin’s America
Begin Again’s call to repentance is, like Baldwin’s own language, substantially Christian.
Yaa Gyasi’s beautiful novel embraces faith that changes and grows
Transcendent Kingdom explores an immigrant neuroscientist’s complicated relationship with evangelical Christianity.
by Lance Morgan
Take & Read: American religious history
Four new books that explore Black Americans’ religious witness
Willie Jennings’s plea to create a new kind of theologian
After Whiteness is urgent reading for any institution that purports to care about God and race.
Take & Read: Practical theology
Five books that introduce new voices to the conversation
The way we build our cities is racist
American buildings, streets, and neighborhoods don’t just host oppression—they embody it.
White supremacy is a script we’re given at birth
It’s written in our flesh and rehearsed throughout history.
Louise Erdrich’s novel gives names, faces, words, and life to the Chippewa Turtle Mountain Band
A story of survival in the face of termination
Louisiana’s habitual offender law is cruel and unjust
Just because something is legal doesn’t make it morally right.
The shape of liturgy when everything is changing
Even stones are constantly being transformed.
Can offensive monuments from the past help hold us accountable today?
Perhaps the names once chosen for honor can now spark meaningful conversation.
Christian Cooper’s compassion toward Amy Cooper is rooted in his conscience
Good conscience isn’t forged in the heat of the moment. It acquires its shape over time.
Why the Washington, DC, football team needed to change its name
This victory won’t amount to much if Americans don’t understand why racist team names are a problem.
What’s behind dehumanization?
A book about the psychology and politics of doing terrible things to one another