One of our Daily Theology guest contributors, Eric Martin was recently arrested in a nonviolent action to support students at the University of Virginia. Eric is a doctoral candidate in theology at Fordham University. He works […]
Tag: racism
What Does It Mean to Call Racism “America’s Original Sin”?
In America’s Original Sin, Jim Wallis challenges white Americans to consider their complicity and need for repentance in the face of America’s historically pervasive racial injustice. His central insight can be summed up simply and […]
White Honesty: Virtue and Privilege in the Age of Charlottesville
by Daniel A. Morris It is strange to use “in the age of Charlottesville” in the subtitle of a post on racism in America. As if what happened at the “Unite the Right” rally in […]
Race, Roots, and Blood
By Andrew Prevot, Ph.D. Roots What do you love more, hearts of flesh or idols of stone? This is the question I would pose to anyone worried about statues. Let those useless attachments go. Love […]
Why I Got Off of Facebook After Charlottesville
Days after the “Unite the Right” rally occurred in Charlottesville this past August 2017, my sister sent me a link to the podcast “It’s Been a Minute” with Sam Sanders. Tom and I sat down […]
When Paul Corrected Peter
Some time ago, I was looking through photos from a family wedding: sweet photos of bouquets, a daughter hugging her father, a family gathered around a kitchen table as they prepared for the celebration. And […]
The End and Beginning of Hope: A Theological Reflection on Ta-Nehisi Coates
Hope is a dangerous word. We all hope, in some form or fashion, in a vision of reality we wish were true. These visions diverge, sometimes wildly, person to person, culture to culture, faith to […]
A Statement from Christian Ethicists Without Borders on White Supremacy and Racism
A Statement from Christian Ethicists Without Borders
on White Supremacy and Racism
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 […]
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