Sojourners Magazine: February/March 2024
How athletes throughout American history have been prophets and activists, risking their lives and livelihood to push for racial justice.
Features
Athletes, at risk to their lives and livelihood, have often been social prophets.
Church was never supposed to be only for people without visible disabilities.
I need a theology that can contend with both racial hatred and racial capitalism.
Voices
As Christianity's center of gravity continues to shift away from the West, it is increasingly important to strengthen relationships with younger Christian leaders from the majority world.
Standing up against abusive power on behalf of an ethos of love.
Lent is a season for reclaiming our identities as free people liberated by God.
The power of doing ordinary things in solidarity with those who cannot.
Vision
Three culture recommendations from our editors.
Asa Merritt's fictional podcast “Six Sermons” has themes that can feel as apocalyptic as an invasion of body-snatchers.
What representations of the devil in pop culture reveal about our ideas of evil.
Justine Triet's mystery Anatomy of a Fall contends with the stories we build on partial wisdom and faulty logic.
Cole Arthur Riley's “Black Liturgies” is gentle, audacious, and refreshing.
A poem.
February reflections on scripture from the Revised Common Lectionary (Cycle B).
March reflections on scripture from the Revised Common Lectionary (Cycle B).
I am the most law-abiding citizen of the United States re: God's law. Shouldn't that count for something?
Why Christians Should Care About Press Freedom
The first month of the Israel-Hamas war was the deadliest for journalists in at least 30 years.
Rose Robinson's Race for Justice
Sixty years before Colin Kaepernick, another athlete refused to stand for the national anthem.