In the US, Black Protestants aren’t least likely to get a vaccine; white evangelicals are
RNS Since before the COVID-19 vaccines hit the market, it has been predicted that Black Americans would choose to be vaccinated at dramatically lower rates than white Americans due to a historic mistrust of the health system. Media stories defined the causes for “vaccine hesitancy” while physicians worried about how to overcome it. Scores of health systems, churches and religious […]
ESSAY: FOR MANY RELIGIOUS AMERICANS, THE WORD ‘LIBERAL’ HAS BECOME TABOO
Co-founder of Religion in Public, RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reflects on the growing aversion to the word ‘liberal’, especially among the religious…
ESSAY: HOW TO TALK ABOUT RACISM IN THE CHURCH WITHOUT BECOMING BITTER
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JEMAR TISBY, president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, says Christ’s church provides a “beautiful bulwark against bitterness”…