Black churches have long been symbols of power, community and liberation for African Americans -- and as a result, have often become a target when white supremacists feel their own power is being threatened.
Source: Huffington Post | Carol Kuruvilla, Sebastian Murdock, and Taryn Finley| July 1, 2015
Source: Think Progress | Jack Jenkins| June 30, 2015
Yet even as Huckabee and others invoked God in their opposition to the court’s decision, the move to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide was actually lauded by a multitude spiritual leaders and religious communities across the country.
Source: Oklahoman | Carla Hinton| June 28, 2015
Some Oklahoma church members, long accustomed to welcoming everyone, may be asking themselves these questions in the aftermath of the recent church shootings in Charleston, S.C. Several clergy leaders said there's a fine balance between the usual hospitality offered by their churches and operating with a sense of caution that has been heightened by the Charleston killings.
Source: Religion Dispatches | Christopher Stroop| June 26, 2015
We’ve also recently seen prominent evangelical speaker and author Tony Campolo generate some buzz by coming around to full LGBTQ affirmation, including here on RD, where senior editor Cathleen Falsani heralded Campolo’s move as “evangelicalism’s tipping point.”
Source: Catholic News Service | Mark Pattison| June 26, 2015
Lisa Sharon Harper, director of organizing for the Sojourners community in Washington, defined "America's original sin" as "racial hierarchy" at a June 15 conference on solidarity and faith issues in the nation's capital.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis| June 26, 2015
The anguish, grace, and forgiveness of one family member after another stunned the world. Those families are not just victims now. They have set the tone for the nationalconversation on race that we now need to have. They want and will require justice but are also offering forgiveness.
Source: Christian Post | Stoyan Zaimov| June 24, 2015
Close to 100 evangelical and Roman Catholic leaders in the U.S. have united in a message calling on Christians to act on their "moral obligation" to fight climate change, which they also called a pro-life issue, following on Pope Francis' environmental encyclical released last week.
Source: ThinkProgress | Jack Jenkins| June 23, 2015
Close to 100 faith leaders are calling for lawmakers to act on climate change, urging elected officials to heed the words of Pope Francis and pass legislation that can help slow the advance of global warming.
Source: America Magazine | John Carr| June 23, 2015
For just a few days, Washington’s obsession with the “middle class” and silence about those at the bottom was broken.
Source: NewsOne | Roland Martin| June 22, 2015
Rev. Jim Wallis told Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, “White privilege is the benefit of White supremacy.” He added, “No matter where I go, no matter what I say, no matter where I live, no matter who my allies are — no matter how much I fight against racism — I as a White man can never escape White privilege in this country.”
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal| June 22, 2015
Reading (Monday’s) front-page article on the police forums, maybe it would be more helpful for citizens attending the forums to tell their stories first and ask the police officers to work on finding common ground with them.
Source: Religion News Service | Dale Hanson Burke| June 19, 2015
For the last decade, progressive evangelicals have rallied around social justice issues like poverty, racism and human trafficking. This week a gathering of Christian leaders brought another cause to the top of the agenda: domestic violence.
Source: WWF UK Blog | David Nussbaum| June 18, 2015
“Make yourself at home” – we might say to a friend who is a guest at our house. Planet Earth is, as the sub-title of the Pope’s new encyclical calls it, the ‘common home’ for humanity. And it’s a home that is increasingly falling into disrepair, due to lack of care by the tenants to whom it has been entrusted.
Source: Relevant | Jesse Carey| June 17, 2015
Beyond (certainly important) issues like the economy, education, taxes and foreign policy, this season brings a number of issues related to justice that Christian voters should consider when looking at candidates.
Source: National Journal | Clare Foran| June 16, 2015
"I want to give credit to the impetus that religious communities have brought to this issue," Biden said, applauding evangelical faith leaders such as Jim Wallis, as well as Francis.
Source: Grist | Ben Adler| June 16, 2015
This actually ought to make enviros hopeful. Francis’s encyclical may help move American public opinion at the margins.
Source: Deseret News | Mark Kellner| June 14, 2015
As the Supreme Court is poised to rule on same-sex marriage, evangelical Christian leaders are expressing opposing viewpoints, even though polls show a majority of the movement's rank-and-file oppose it.
Source: The New York Times | Rosalie Radomsky| June 14, 2015
Anne Marie Roderick and Joshua Stephen Witchger were married Saturday by the Rev. Frank G. Dunn, an Episcopal priest, at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan, where the bride’s parents met and were married.
Source: Christian Post | Chelsen Vicari| June 12, 2015
Several prominent political and religious leaders challenged the Church to shed its institutional "white privilege" and exercise a "restraint of [white] power."
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis| June 12, 2015
Be informed about how climate change is affecting real people both globally and here in our own backyards. It's our moral responsibility.