Essay: Inauguration week was a collision of two Christianities

SHANE CLAIBORNE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says that between the Christianity of Trump and the Christianity of Christ, there is the widest possible difference…
Sight-Seeing: The Gospel according to Bill Pannell

JIM WALLIS, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says Pannell was a preacher who was an antidote to the spirit of fear and hate in our world and politics today…
Conversations: Jemar Tisby on ‘The Spirit of Justice’ and the Black Christians who pursued it

ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks to author and historian Jemar Tisby about his latest book, ‘The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance’…
‘Is she Indian or Black?’ Trump questions Harris’ identity at Black journalists’ convention

Chicago, US Reuters US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump questioned whether his Democratic rival Kamala Harris is “Indian” or “Black” during a contentious interview on Wednesday at the country’s largest annual gathering of Black journalists. “She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black, until […]
US Supreme Court’s two Black justices clash over affirmative action ruling

Reuters When liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman to join the US Supreme Court, she was expected to bring a different view on racial matters than Justice Clarence Thomas, its only other Black member and a staunch conservative. That dispute was front and center on Thursday when the two justices publicly […]
“There are many worlds in me”: Asian American Christians reject conformity

KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports that Hosanna Wong, JS Park and Nikole Lim have forged expansive faiths that acknowledge the rich dimensions of their identities…
Conversations: John Blake, journalist on religion and race, goes personal with new memoir

“We really need to tell these stories about hope. There’s a lot of Americans now who have given up…and believe racism is just a permanent part of American life.” ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Blake…
Essay: Why Christian women are key to ending the criminalisation of Black girls in schools

EMILY JONES, executive for racial justice at United Women in Faith in the US, says, historically, Christian women have been particularly vocal advocates in educational spaces…
Confederate memorials still divide Americans and religion is a big predictor – survey

United States RNS “The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” William Faulkner once famously quipped. The Mississippi writer had it right – at least when it comes to the Civil War, anyway. A war that split America as it was fought continues to do so in its memory. An 2020 image of the […]
The Interview: Tony and Lauren Dungy on faith and family, football and race, winning and losing

ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with retired NFL coach Tony Dungy and his wife Lauren about their joint prayer life, race and the NFL, and supporting pregnant women in the wake of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade…