Saints of Past Ages: How Frances Willard shaped feminism by leading the temperance movement
CHRISTOPHER H EVANS, professor of the history of Christianity at Boston University, looks – in an article published on The Conversation – at the life and legacy of a key US temperance movement leader…
African migrants suffer under crackdown in Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia Reuters Since Tunisia’s President announced a crackdown on illegal immigration last month using language the African Union denounced as racialised, Malian construction worker Mohamed Kony has been evicted from his apartment and sacked from his job. Unemployed, homeless and without legal residency, he now fears he will face the fate of several of […]
Sight-Seeing: Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting – that’s what makes them dangerous
DONOVAN SCHAEFER, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, explores – in an article first published on The Conversation – why people are attracted to conspiracy theories…
Sight-Seeing: Looking for a path to freedom, I follow my tingling feet
ANDRE HENRY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, writes about how a New York City watering hole for Black artists founded by Motown songwriters has become a haven…
Challenging times: In the US, clergy of colour face unprecedented mental health challenges
DEEPA BHARATH, of The Associated Press, and ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, report on how exhausted faith leaders are being left with serious questions about how to care for their own physical and mental well-being while helping congregants in a meaningful way…
UK’s only Black cathedral dean calls for greater racial diversity among church leadership
Norwich, UK The UK’s only Black dean of a cathedral has challenged the country’s cathedrals to reduce black invisibility at all levels within the church. Speaking during a debate on racism at the 2022 National Cathedrals Conference held earlier this month in Newcastle Upon Tyne, the Very Rev Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester, said that sadly, “the Tory […]
Essay: More mass shootings are happening at grocery stores – 13 per cent of shooters are motivated by racial hatred, criminologists find
In an article first published on The Conversation, two US professors of criminal justice – JILLIAN PETERSON and JAMES DENSLEY – look at what the data shows about mass public shootings in the US…
In the US, Buffalo shooting latest example of targeted racial violence
AP Black people going about their daily lives – then dying in a hail of bullets fired by a white man who targeted them because of their skin colour. Substitute a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, with a church in South Carolina, and Malcolm Graham knows the pain and grief the families of those killed Saturday are feeling. […]
“Hero” guard, shoppers among Buffalo shooting victims in US
Buffalo, New YorkAP Aaron Salter was a beloved community member and security guard who knew the shoppers of Tops Friendly Market by name. When they came under attack from a gunman with a rifle, he quickly sprung into action to protect his community. The retired Buffalo police officer fired multiple times at the attacker, striking […]
An overlooked contribution: A new compelling new history of Black Catholic nuns in the US
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on a new comprehensive history of Black Catholic nuns in the US…