Take & Read: New Testament
Has Paul been unfairly judged?
slavery
Faith shaped by migration, diaspora, and slavery
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
What the Bible actually says about abortion, slavery, and other controversial topics
Should scripture inform our ethics? How, and which parts?
The suffering Jesus in Shawn Copeland’s theology
African American spirituality and God’s act of solidarity
No one has done more to transform the language for thinking about America’s racial past.
No full reparation for slavery can ever be made. We should try anyway.
A black pastor writes to the white church about its complicity in oppression
Lenny Duncan’s letter is full of hope and fury, love and lament—like Paul’s epistles.
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice represents a watershed moment in the idea and practice of what a public memorial can be.
Marxism and the New Testament
As Roland Boer and Christina Petterson see it, the Gospels contradict the witness of Jesus about slavery and property.
The complex story of race and religion in the American South
Paul Harvey's history shows how things could have gone very differently.
The vocation of being a stranger
As a mother and a woman of color, I read Camille Dungy's book as a personal roadmap.
Toni Morrison on the invention of the stranger
Morrison examines how Western authors define their culture by estranging others.
Theological issues might be “settled” for us, but there is a big world out there that needs to hear our voices.