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Black church leaders push for census participation despite coronavirus
By Adelle M. Banks — March 27, 2020
(RNS) — ‘The coronavirus has added to the already existing fear that people had about a number of questions,’ one minister said.
Activist William Barber II urges blacks in Congress to mobilize poor voters
By Adelle M. Banks — February 4, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'If you organize 2 to 10 percent of the poor around an agenda, you can fundamentally shift every election,' Barber predicted.
Tony Evans: On his new Bible and commentary, Kirk Franklin boycott, wife’s health
By Adelle M. Banks — November 12, 2019
DALLAS (RNS) — The Dallas pastor says his new study Bible and commentary aim to foster ‘a well-ordered life in a chaotic world.’
Tony Evans: On his new Bible and commentary, Kirk Franklin boycott, wife’s health
By Adelle M. Banks — November 12, 2019
DALLAS (RNS) — The Dallas pastor says his new study Bible and commentary aim to foster ‘a well-ordered life in a chaotic world.’
“The Green Book” teaches about race in America
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 15, 2019
Race in America is a subtle conversation. A new film demonstrates that.
Black seminarians take first-time religious freedom course
By Adelle M. Banks — January 10, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) Three dozen students from religious graduate schools at historically black colleges and universities attended a pilot course on religious freedom to learn the lessons and lingo of a field that has traditionally been predominated by white men.
‘Revival!’ brings mostly black cast to movie depiction of Gospel of John
By Adelle M. Banks — December 7, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The movie, which features singers Chaka Khan as Herodias, Michelle Williams as Mary Magdalen and Mali Music as Jesus, is to be released Friday in 10 cities from New York to Los Angeles.
Black men reverse the gender split on religion, research shows
By Adelle M. Banks — September 27, 2018
(RNS) — African-American men are equally as likely as Hispanic women to be what Pew considers 'highly religious,' so they are tied as the second-most religious group.
The Sephardic chief rabbi must go!
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 22, 2018
(RNS) — He defamed Judaism. He defamed the Jews. He defamed God. Anything else?
My Sharpton problem — and ours
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 29, 2017
Has Reverend Al Sharpton changed? Let's hope so.
Black minister leaves Southern Baptist Convention to shed light on racism
By Holly Meyer — July 20, 2017
(USA Today) 'I understand the logic behind wanting to stay inside an institution and make changes from the inside. ... That motivation is noble in some instances, but it's also enabling in others,' wrote the Rev. Lawrence Ware. 'I just came to a place where I couldn't stay in.'
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