Baylor University’s Religion Department is not your grandparents’ or your parents’ religion department. It’s not even the religion department it was just a decade ago. It has changed dramatically in faculty and academic direction, featuring a wide diversity of educators…
Three cheers for Baylor honoring Brittney Griner, but the game is not yet won
Brittney Griner’s story continues to transcend women’s basketball. It is a morality play for our times. The good news is that on Sunday, Feb. 18, Baylor University retired Griner’s No. 42 jersey. She was present for the ceremony in Waco,…
White supremacy is so normalized people don’t see it, British scholar warns
White supremacy has become so subtle within Christianity that many white Christians cannot see that racism exists within their churches, Anthony Reddie said during a conference hosted by Baylor University’s George W. Truett Seminary. “The most egregious thing that we…
Being Christian and being anti-racist are the same thing, West declares
The Black church can teach the white church that being a Christian and being anti-racist are one and the same thing, Ralph Douglas West, pastor of the Church Without Walls in Houston, told participants in a Baylor University conference last…
Return to the radical forgiveness and self-sacrifice of the gospel, Haddad says
The global church must atone for its promotion of racism and sexism in favor of the radical forgiveness and self-sacrifice of its founders, Mimi Haddad said during a recent anti-racism conference at Baylor University. “Today, we level a critique of…
Dixie’s Daughters, the Lost Cause and the roots of white Christian nationalism
Did you grow up hearing the Civil War was fought over states’ rights, not slavery? And how was the war referred to? Civil War? War Between the States? The War of Northern Aggression? Then you were exposed to the Lost…
Third Baylor conference on racism will address ‘The Truth that Will Liberate Us All’
BNG columnist Greg Garrett will host the final of a three-year sequence of programs on confronting racism in the white church and seeking God’s justice. The Feb. 15-17 event at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary — “The Truth that Will Liberate…
Jury finds Baylor liable for failing to prevent violence against a student
For the first time, a Texas jury has found Baylor University liable for failing to prevent violence against a student amid the scandal that brought down Football Coach Art Briles and President Ken Starr. In 2016, Dolores Lozano filed a…
Baylor regents allocate $6.3 million for Memorial to Enslaved Persons
Baylor University regents have allocated $6.3 million for construction of a Memorial to Enslaved Persons to be located on Founders Mall at the Waco, Texas, campus. Erecting such a memorial was among recommended actions in the final report of a Commission on…
Black Gospel Music Preservation Program fine tunes the art of cultural preservation
Note: This is the last in a five-part series on the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program made possible by generous funding from the Prichard Family Foundation. While Baylor University’s Black Gospel Music Preservation Program is all about the music,…
Bridging racial divides with Black gospel music
Note: This is the fourth in a five-part series on the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program made possible by generous funding from the Prichard Family Foundation. Black gospel music has a cross-cultural appeal that can help bridge racial divides…
Around the world and back: The enduring influence of Black gospel music
Note: This is the second in a five-part series on the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program made possible by generous funding from the Prichard Family Foundation. The influence of Black gospel music on other genres makes it ripe for…