white supremacy
Blacks and Jews: Shame, pride and the Curse of Canaan
By Joshua Hammerman — January 11, 2024
(RNS) — We share the heritage of the Bible, which has been used to inspire and at times to subjugate both groups.
Biden calls out ‘poison’ of white supremacy in address at Mother Emanuel in S.C.
By Adelle M. Banks — January 8, 2024
(RNS) — Biden’s remarks were interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters shouting for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. In return, people in the pews started calling out “Four More Years.”
Fighting antisemitism and Islamophobia in one breath
By Elyse Wechterman — November 27, 2023
(RNS) — This is not a time to turn our back on interfaith and interethnic partnerships.
With ‘vermin,’ Trump crosses fully into Nazi territory
By Robert P. Jones — November 16, 2023
(RNS) — Trump’s most recent comments should jar us back to our senses.
Mike Johnson embodies evangelicals’ embattlement strategy. It may be backfiring.
By Ruth Braunstein — November 6, 2023
(RNS) — The persecution complex that has emboldened evangelical culture for decades is putting it under strain.
The story of Emmett Till is the story of America
By Robert P. Jones — August 29, 2023
(RNS) — If we trace the historical stream further back, we can see, in Emmett Till’s story, America’s oldest struggles. Indeed, the land itself testifies to the cultural world in which Till’s murder was conceivable.
The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy with Robert P Jones
By Jonathan Woodward — August 20, 2023
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush interviews Dr. Robert P. Jones, CEO of Public Religion Research Institute, about his new book "The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future."
For some Black faith leaders, Ohio’s Issue 1 is bigger than abortion
By Kathryn Post — August 8, 2023
CLEVELAND (RNS) — ‘I think our faith community is waking up to the fact that there are various attacks on our voting rights and our ability to let our voices be heard,’ said Lesley Jones, a Cincinnati-based pastor and organizer.
What Britain’s government needs to know about its faith communities
By Colin Bloom — May 25, 2023
(RNS) — The U.K. government needs to be bolder, more discerning and more open to faith engagement.
Practicing prophetic grief
By Otis Moss III — March 23, 2023
(RNS) — When we grieve pathetically, we may come to imitate our oppressors.
From Christchurch to Emanuel AME, we must recognize the patterns of white supremacy
By Danielle N. Boaz — March 20, 2023
(RNS) — Recent reports suggest the attacks on houses of worship are not rare and the perpetrators are seldom acting alone.
Is the FBI coming after traditional Catholics?
By Thomas Reese — March 2, 2023
(RNS) — The FBI is worried violent extremists will exploit and recruit radical-traditionalist Catholics.
Who is Trump and Kanye’s dinner companion, Nick Fuentes?
By Jack Jenkins and Paul O'Donnell — November 27, 2022
(RNS) — Last year the 24-year-old right-wing media personality told an audience that the United States will cease to be America 'if it loses its white demographic core and if it loses its faith in Jesus Christ.'
Building a more just church in a post-pandemic world
By Kelly Brown Douglas — October 27, 2022
(RNS) — Trying to ‘get back to normal’ is both folly and missed opportunity — in more ways than one.
What the country can learn about the Jan. 6 attack from the Civil War
By Danya Ruttenberg — October 14, 2022
(RNS) — We can't 'move on' from the Capitol attack at the expense of key members of our polity.
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