Race & Religion
Idaho church window once depicting Robert E. Lee now honors Black female bishop
By Adelle M. Banks — December 22, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We recognize this section of our window is more than a benign historical marker,’ the United Methodist church’s leaders said in 2020.
New documentary ‘Daughters of Eve’ imagines a Bible, and world, with women at the center
By Kathryn Post — December 15, 2021
(RNS) — The documentary invites Christians to reevaluate their beliefs about women's place in the Bible and the world.
Advent, race and the intimacy of Incarnation
By Robert P. Jones — December 3, 2021
(RNS) — If we take the Incarnation seriously, we have a responsibility to build a theology where all of humanity is assumed in the body of Jesus.
The Unite the Right rally changed her life. She now wants to defeat white nationalism.
By Yonat Shimron — November 26, 2021
(RNS) — Since that searing summer day four years ago, Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin has devoted herself to better understanding what happened and working to make sure it never happens again.
Portland’s season of unrest rekindled after Kyle Rittenhouse verdict
By Grant Stringer — November 24, 2021
(RNS) — This time, national and local faith leaders have organized largely peaceful protests.
Black pastors rally outside trial over Arbery’s killing
By Jeffrey Collins — November 19, 2021
Many carried signs reading, “Black pastors matter,” and some wore buttons with Ahmaud Arbery’s picture and the hashtag they were using for the case, “#JusticeForAhmaud.”
Stories of racism permeate ‘Let’s Talk’ evangelical reconciliation kickoff event
By Adelle M. Banks — November 18, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We believe both the spirit and clear moral imperatives of scripture require the Christian community to lead the way in defeating racial bigotry,’ reads the initiative’s statement.
Proud Boys leader seeks release, citing DC jail conditions
By Michael Kunzelman and Ashraf Khalil — November 16, 2021
Tarrio asked that his sentence be reduced or that he be allowed to finish it under house arrest because he claims he has been harassed by correctional officers and exposed to inhumane jail conditions.
DuVernay’s ‘Colin in Black & White’ on Netflix traces the seeds of Kaepernick’s activism
By Tahil Sharma — November 15, 2021
(RNS) — A professional athlete's story turns out to be about all of us.
In praise of Archbishop Gómez’s anti-racism
By Charles C. Camosy — November 12, 2021
(RNS) — Simply googling Gomez would have saved his critics the self-own of trying to take down an anti-racist hero.
Pope urges European solidarity with migrants amid new crisis
By Associated Press — November 11, 2021
He said the diversity they're bringing to the continent is renewing European cities as a “beautiful mosaic, which should not be scarred or corrupted with prejudices or hatred.”
Palestinian PM: Only two-state solution can end ‘apartheid’
By Joseph Krauss — November 10, 2021
Israel says it made generous offers to the Palestinians in past rounds of peace talks, while the Palestinians say those proposals fell short of their rights under international law.
Why Black artists are essential freedom fighters
By Andre Henry — November 8, 2021
(RNS) — Art is more than just a companion for activism.
New film offers a portrait of New Orleans, told through its unique jazz funerals
By Mark Silk — November 5, 2021
(RNS) — 'City of a Million Dreams' is based on the book of the same name by renowned New Orlean's journalist Jason Berry.
Shutting down the manufactured critical race theory ‘debate’
By Robert P. Jones — October 29, 2021
(RNS) — The anti-CRT crusades are the worst form of policy, designed not to redress an actual social problem, but to sow resentment that is useful to political campaigns and culture wars.
