In the US, United Church of Christ declares racism a public health crisis
RNS The United Church of Christ kicked off its Special Edition General Synod on Sunday by passing a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. Delegates to the mainline denomination’s biennial meeting, held virtually this year, approved “A Resolution to Declare and Respond to Racism as a Public Health Crisis” with 96 per cent of the […]
After turbulent 2020, faith in America faces more big issues
AP For many religious denominations in the United States, there were two shared preoccupations in 2020 beyond the usual matters of faith: How to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and how to respond to tumultuous political events. With Joe Biden replacing Donald Trump as president, and with vaccines eventually expected to ease the threat of […]
Essay: Evangelical Christians once were saved. After Trump, they’re lost.
In an article first published on The Conversation, MICHAEL O EMERSON and JOEL EDWARD GOZA call on US evangelicals to “invest in an honest reckoning with our nation’s racial sins and our role in perpetuating them”…
US election – Young Black Americans may stumble in move to ballot boxes from street protests
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation First-time voter Rosie Lebron has been protesting in the streets of New York City to end racial injustice, following in the footsteps of her great-grandmother who marched 60 years ago. “My great-grandmother, she protested during the civil rights movement. She’s like ‘Why is my baby still doing this?’” said […]
No race problem here: Despite summer of protests, many practicing Christians in the US remain ambivalent
RNS As racial tensions have risen in recent months, a new report reveals that some Christians are becoming less motivated to act on racial justice, and an increasing share say there is “definitely” not a race problem in the country. “Christians generally, and practicing Christians in particular, have changed their minds on addressing racial injustice, […]