How people visualize God can have real consequences to life on Earth, Stanford research has found. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The researchers, led by Stanford psychologist Steven O. Roberts, conducted a series of studies with U.S. Christians and found that when people conceptualize God as a white man, they are more likely to perceive white male job […]
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West African religions are on the rise in Maryland as practitioners connect with roots | The Washington Post
Jonathan M. Pitts, The Washington Post Iyanifa Oyadele Ogunsina, known as Olori, tosses shells in a divination ceremony on the banks of the Scotts Level Branch in Pikesville, Md. She is a practitioner of Ifa, an ancient West African faith. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun), Featured Image [dropcap]Baltimore[/dropcap] County — They gathered in a clearing by a […]
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The Jonestown We Don’t Know | The New York Review Of Books
Gaiutra Bahadur , The New York Review Of Books Matthew Naythons/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. The Evans family, who survived the Jonestown massacre by walking out of the camp on the morning of November 18, saying they were going on a family picnic, United States, November 30, 1978. Featured Image [dropcap]This[/dropcap] past November marked forty years […]
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West Baden ‘Colored Church’ Taken Off Endangered List | Indiana Public Media
A historic all-black church in West Baden is being taken off a list of endangered landmarks after the West Baden Springs Town Council voted to sell the white-frame building to an association of 18 church congregations.
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Looking for Ancient African Religion? Try Christianity | Christianity Today
The African religious imagination already anticipates Christ.
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There Are More Black Catholics in the U.S. Than Members of the A.M.E. Church | The Atlantic
How black Americans defy religious stereotypes—and navigate race relations in historically white, European spaces.
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Will Churches Ever Be Allowed to Run Charter Schools? | The Atlantic
Some legal scholars say Trinity Lutheran v. Comer could forge a path toward more charter schools overseen by religious groups.
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Another Attack on Egypt’s Coptic Christians – The Atlantic
Gunmen killed at least 24 people on their way to a monastery.
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William Barber II, Legendary Civil Rights Leader, Steps Down From NC NAACP Leadership Role – The Root
When the words “black liberation theology” are spoken, several names immediately come to mind: the Rev. James Cone, who coined the term; the Rev. Sojourner Truth; the Rev. Nat Turner; the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; the Rev. Jeremiah Wright; Dr. Cornel West; the Rev. Dr. Traci Blackmon; and the Rev. Dr. William Barber II.
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The Procession of the Black Nazarene – The Atlantic
Alan Taylor | The Atlantic On January 9, hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees in Manila, Philippines, took part in a barefoot procession lasting 22 hours, carrying a centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ through the streets as worshipers climbed over each other to kiss, touch, or rub bits of cloth on the statue. The Black […]
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