President Barack Obama rarely goes to church but that’s not for lack of faith, members of his small circle of religious confidants say.
Source: Holyrood | Henry McLeish
The relationship between our politics, our ethics and our public life remain at the heart of this inequality and poverty story.
Source: Christian Post | Lisa Sharon Harper
I pray this Christmas brings revelation—revelation of a world where the state ends its war on black and brown communities.
Source: The Atlantic | Robert P. Jones
The racial tensions that have spilled from Ferguson and Staten Island into Advent this year promise to haunt our holiday celebrations like the ghost of Christmas past.
Source: Capital Commentary | Harold Dean Trulear
A recent trip to Ferguson, MO gave me and some forty religious leaders an opportunity to reflect on the integration of spiritual development and social justice.
Source: Religion and Ethics Newsweekly | Bob Abernethy, Kim Lawton
How are faith groups mobilizing on issues of race?
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
The question is: Are we white people going to listen or not?
Source: Huffington Post | Tom Driver
"America, we have a problem."
Source: Los Angeles Times | Kevin Baxter
Seven more states signed on to a lawsuit challenging President Obama’s executive action halting the deportation of as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants, bringing the total to 24 states.
Source: Catholic News Service | Mark Pattison
A new coalition has been formed to bring about the end of the death penalty in the United States.
Source: The Tablet | Jim Wallis
The Church must work with young leaders like those we met with in Ferguson to help America find its way forward.
Source: Christian Post | Samuel Smith
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty announced on Tuesday the launch of a new coalition to pressure state governments to end capital punishment.
Source: Religion News Service | Jonathan Merritt
Perhaps this isn’t the time for me–and other white Christians–to speak. Maybe we should listen instead. To people of color. To our brothers and sisters.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
America, we have a problem. It's past time to fix it, and the church must stand alongside a new generation of young leaders and help the nation find the way forward.
Source: Religion News Service | Adelle M. Banks
White Christians, including evangelicals, have grown more vocal in urging predominantly white churches to no longer turn a blind eye to injustice and to bridge the country’s racial divides.
Source: Huffington Post Live | Marc Lamont Hill
What do the killing of Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown tell us about race in America?
Source: The Ed Show | Ed Schultz
Calm demonstrations continue across the country, as protesters demanded justice for Michael Brown and future cases. Ed Schultz, Activist T-Dubb-O, Rev. Dr. William Barber, and Jim Wallis discuss.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
The verdict on America's criminal justice system is already in for many Americans: guilty, for treating young black men differently than young white men.
Source: Imperial Valley Press | Mark Kellner
Religious leaders from across the theological and political spectrum are calling for peace — with some adding demands for social change — in the aftermath of a Missouri grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, over the Aug. 9 shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
Source: Relevant Magazine | Lisa Sharon Harper
We asked Lisa Sharon Harper to answer a few questions about the verdict, the broader context behind the protests and what it all means for Christians.