At Yale, Christian pastors sign a declaration opposing religious nationalism
United States RNS A group of Christian pastors, theologians and scholars has signed a declaration committing the signers to preaching on “moral issues “ ahead of the 2024 election and opposing what the group calls “religious nationalism”. The document defines religious nationalism as a political movement that it says is exploiting “traditional values” to undermine […]
Nearly 1,000 US faith leaders call for Christmas cease-fire in Ukraine
United StatesRNS Nearly 1,000 US faith leaders are calling for a Christmas cease-fire in Ukraine 10 months after Russia invaded its neighbour. The leaders, who represent a broad range of faiths, said they hoped a temporary truce could lead to the negotiation of permanent peace. “As people of faith and conscience, believing in the sanctity […]
“This is our Selma moment”: US clergy leaders announce on eve of 27 mile voting rights march to Austin
RNS Fifty-six years ago, Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, led thousands of clergy and laypeople on a 54 mile (87 kilometre) voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, the state capital of Alabama. On Wednesday, Rev William J Barber II will lead a similar contingent on a four-day, 27 mile (43 kilometre) march from Georgetown […]
US Poor People’s Campaign mourns 250,000 COVID deaths, calls for stimulus relief
RNS At least 256,000 Americans have died of the coronavirus as of Monday – the vast majority of them poor. The Poor People’s Campaign, jointly led by Rev William J Barber II and Rev Liz Theoharis, doesn’t want America to forget these COVID-19 victims. On Monday, the group is staging a national service of eulogy […]
Essay: Black religious leaders are up front and central in US protests – as they have been for the last 200 years
In an article first published on The Conversation, LAWRENCE BURNLEY, ordained minister and historian, looks at the role religious leaders have – and are – playing in the struggle for liberation and racial justice for black Americans…
In the US, Rev Barber’s Poor People’s Campaign calls for resistance to reopening plans
RNS The Poor People’s Campaign, a grassroots group with branches in more than 40 US states, is urging resistance to or non-cooperation with state plans calling for the reopening of the economy just weeks after the coronavirus put most of the country on lockdown. In its new slogan, the campaign, co-chaired by two Christian ministers, […]
VOICE FOR CHANGE: US PASTOR AND ACTIVIST JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE WANTS WHITE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS TO RECKON WITH THE BIBLE
YONAT SHIMRON, in an article first published on Religion News Service, profiles US pastor, activist and writer Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove…