Lisa Sharon Harper
Peace pilgrimage takes up war in Gaza as a civil rights issue
By Yonat Shimron — February 13, 2024
(RNS) — Many Black Americans view the Palestinian cause in the context of the African American experience of oppression. This has on occasion strained relations with American Jews.
Replacing vengeance with mercy in our death penalty policy
By Karen Swallow Prior — March 7, 2023
(RNS) — The troubling case of Andre Thomas invites a closer look at all the factors that play a part in the death penalty.
Revolution with ease: Six books by Black women on justice
By Andre Henry — March 21, 2022
(RNS) — Women writers center an ease and pleasure rarely encountered in the work of Black male revolutionaries.
Lisa Sharon Harper’s ‘Fortune’ uncovers America’s racial roots in family stories
By Kathryn Post — February 3, 2022
(RNS) — Harper’s new book argues that truth-telling, reparations and forgiveness can repair what race broke in the world.
More than 500 evangelicals, other faith leaders condemn religion at insurrection as ‘heretical’
By Jack Jenkins — February 24, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We unite our voices to declare that there is a version of American nationalism that is trying to camouflage itself as Christianity — and it is a heretical version of our faith,’ the letter reads.
Some Southern Baptist pastors are calling Kamala Harris ‘Jezebel.’ What do they mean?
By Yonat Shimron and Emily McFarlan Miller — January 29, 2021
(RNS) — Southern Baptist pastors are sharply critical of Vice President Kamala Harris. Now some are taking their insults to biblical proportions.
Christians Against Trumpism ad thanked evangelical leaders for speaking out. Not all appreciated it.
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 30, 2020
(RNS) — An ad running in The Washington Post and other outlets thanked a number of prominent evangelical Christian leaders and organizations for 'standing up in this dark time.'
Unlike most Christian women’s conferences, the Ally Virtual Tour isn’t shying away from politics
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 7, 2020
(RNS) — The four-week Ally Tour kicked off Monday (Oct. 5) and brings together a number of female Christian leaders to discuss faith, gender, race and politics in the countdown to the 2020 presidential election.
In speech to evangelicals, Trump says God is ‘on our side’
By Jack Jenkins — January 4, 2020
(RNS) — 'We’re going to win another monumental victory for faith and family, God and country, flag and freedom,' Trump said.
Evolving Faith conference offers evangelical ‘refugees’ shelter
By Roxanne Stone — October 7, 2019
DENVER (RNS) — Nearly 2,500 attendees gathered in Denver for two days to seek community in what many called "the wilderness" of deconstruction. Speakers grappled with questions about faith, church, power and justice. Even as they also mourned the death of co-founder, Rachel Held Evans.
At ‘Red Letter Revival,’ leaders give voice to evangelicals on the margins
By Jack Jenkins — April 9, 2018
LYNCHBURG, Va. (RNS) — For the few hundred who came to Lynchburg to assert a different kind of evangelical activism, the gathering offered hope.
Can American evangelicalism be saved?
By Jana Riess — March 3, 2018
(RNS) — Trumpvangelicals are killing evangelical Christianity, say the authors of a new book showcasing evangelical diversity.
Female evangelical leaders call on the church to speak out on violence against women
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 20, 2017
(RNS) — Signers of the #SilenceIsNotSpiritual statement include more than 140 pastors, professors, heads of parachurch organizations and popular authors and speakers such as Jen Hatmaker, Rachel Held Evans, Ann Voskamp, Amena Brown and Helen Lee.
The ‘Very Good Gospel’ of Shalom
By David P. Gushee — June 28, 2016
Contrasting a personal salvation Christian Gospel with a morally richer shalom Gospel.
Russell Moore’s controversial LGBT comments at Justice Conference: Hateful or helpful?
By Jonathan Merritt — June 13, 2016
Moore was asked to speak on an ethic of life, but diverted his talk midway to offer withering statements on homosexuality.
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