Three years and six days ago, an unarmed young black man named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. In the aftermath of the unrest that followed the […]
Category: Racism
A Statement from Christian Ethicists Without Borders on White Supremacy and Racism
A Statement from Christian Ethicists Without Borders
on White Supremacy and Racism
DT Podcast Episode 30 – Kim and Reggie Harris
After a long hiatus, the podcast returns for a brief but mighty season 3! Our opener is Stephen Okey’s interview with Kim and Reggie Harris. In spring 2017, they were at Saint Leo University as […]
The Kingdom of Heaven is Like Permanent Protection For 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants
By Kaitlin Campbell In January of 2015 I attended a Momentum movement-building weekend training at a former espousal retreat center in Waltham, MA. At the close of the weekend, I sat in on an hour-long […]
A Sickness Unto Death: Hate and Despair
As Christians continue the journey of Lent, and as a great many today celebrate Saint Patrick’s day in a tumultuous, fearful, and sometimes even hateful political and social context, I’d like to take a moment […]
Black Suffering/White Revelation
By Christopher Pramuk, Xavier University. Ten years ago, I published a major article in Theological Studies entitled “`Strange Fruit’: Black Suffering / White Revelation.” It was for me an important attempt to wrestle with the […]
This is not a new normal
In case you haven’t heard, over the past two days, two more young black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, were killed by police officers. Mr. Sterling was shot by officers in Baton Rouge, LA, while […]
Theology Ruined My Life
By: Elizabeth Nawrocki When I officially decided to switch my major from biology to theology during sophomore year, I knew the transition would be a little rough. No longer would my nights be filled with […]
Lenten Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement
By: M. Shawn Copeland, Boston College The Christian liturgical calendar reenacts in real time key events in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ of God, as these are recorded in the four Gospels. […]
Owning Discomfort: Teaching Racial Justice in the Classroom
In their introduction to a week of reflection dedicated to “The University as Social Force,” the Daily Theology editors offered a quote given by the Jesuit priest Igancio Ellacuría at the University of Santa Clara […]
