Last fall, FaithWorks (formerly Fellowship Southwest) led a pilgrimage to the Texas-Mexico border. The pilgrims included the organization’s Racial Justice Advocates pilot cohort and a documentary film crew. Noted writer and historian Jemar Tisby also joined the group. The result,…
Christian leaders declare solidarity with Palestinian Christians
U.S. Christian leaders are circulating a declaration pledging solidarity with their Palestinian counterparts and pledging to advocate for a permanent and lasting ceasefire in Gaza. “Our Palestinian Christian siblings are telling us that they are devastated by the extreme violence…
Church at the Crossroads highlights story of Palestinian Christians
Last month, pastors, theologians, thought leaders and Christians gathered in Chicago for a rare and urgent assembly. The event, called Church at the Crossroads, was led by Palestinian Christians and drew together voices across evangelical, Mainline, Catholic and ecumenical traditions….
Trump supporters are wired differently, researchers report
There are social and psychological reasons supporters of President Donald Trump show less empathy toward the minorities and enemies he targets, according to new research. “Conservative political ideology is associated with social dominance orientation, right-wing authoritarianism, psychopathic propensities, and other…
How Trump’s dehumanizing language promotes white supremacy
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse,” President Donald Trump declared this week while surrounded by six members of his administration. “This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we’re…
Learn from Cory Booker and the Black Church witness, Tisby urges
Sen. Cory Booker’s historic 25-hour speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate last week was “the precise embodiment of the historic Black Christian political witness,” Jemar Tisby told a gathering of church-state separationists April 6. Tisby, professor of history…
Social justice groups are exhausted, angry and determined
Among social justice advocates, reaction to Donald Trump’s election victory included sheer exhaustion, anger and renewed determination to continue the struggle for religious freedom, racial justice, LGBTQ rights and compassionate immigration reform. For Jacqueline Lewis, it was pretty much all…
Progressive faith leaders call for renewed attention to 8 principles of faith and democracy
Two hundred faith leaders, including some luminaries of progressive Christianity, have signed a new statement on Christian faith and democracy calling for renewed attention to eight key principles. “The United States confronts a crisis of democracy, and the American church…
Du Mez, Bass and Tisby warn: Project 2025 is a Christian nationalist blueprint
Project 2025 is a Christian nationalist blueprint for taking control of every level and facet of American government, and scarier still is that most people know nothing about it, scholar and author Kristen Kobes Du Mez said during the “The…
Bass, Tisby, Du Mez and Jones join forces for a Substack
Four of the nation’s leading observers of faith, culture and public life are sharing their latest research and writing in a new online space designed to spark thoughtful discussion about the most challenging issues facing U.S. democracy and society. Diana…
Balmer: ‘Once you begin to lust after political power and political influence, you lose your prophetic voice’
The closer faith groups get to approving the ideology of white Christian nationalism, the further they drift from the original teachings of Christ, author and historian Randall Balmer said during a webinar hosted by Faithful America. “The most effective prophetic…
Politics, faith and mission: A conversation with Jemar Tisby
Jemar Tisby is one of America’s most important prophetic voices, a historian who teaches us how the American church has failed on issues of race and justice, who helps people who look like me wrestle with the truth. His books,…