Martin Luther King Jr: Sixty years on, King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ relevant as ever, say faith leaders
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports that King’s response to white clergy critics endures as a ‘road map’ for those working on justice and equal rights…
Ron Sider, who wrote ‘Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger,’ dies at 82
United StatesRNS Ron Sider, an author, seminary professor and evangelical social justice activist, has died, according to an online update from his son. “I have some bad news: my father Ron Sider died suddenly last night [27th July, 2022], of a cardiac arrest,” Ted Snider wrote in a post on his father’s Substack newsletter website. […]
A racial reckoning: One year after George Floyd’s murder, US religious leaders continue the call to address injustices
Correspondents for Religion News Service report on how faith leaders have responded to the past year’s racial justice protests – and how they’re marking the anniversary of George Floyd’s death…
Essay: Sedition and silence
Sojourners founder JIM WALLIS, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says it’s time for political and faith leaders to speak up…
Adam Taylor succeeds Jim Wallis as Sojourners president
RNS Rev Adam Taylor has been named the new president of Sojourners, the national Christian social justice advocacy organisation founded and led by Rev Jim Wallis since the 1970s. Wallis will continue working with Sojourners through to July, 2021, when he will join the faculty of Georgetown University as director of a new centre focused […]
US election: Poll chaplains plan to bring a ‘prayerful presence’ to precincts this Election Day
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on the role ‘poll’ or ‘precinct’ chaplains will play at the polls in the US on Election Day…
Jim Wallis replaced as Sojourners editor after controversy over article on Catholic racism
RNS The progressive Christian magazine Sojourners has replaced founder and President Jim Wallis as editor-in-chief and announced a new policy of editorial independence from the organisation’s advocacy work. The decision came after weeks of turmoil over Wallis’ removal of an essay criticising white supremacists within the Catholic Church, which led two staffers of colour to […]
Essay: The challenge civil rights giants leave us
Sojourners’ JIM WALLIS and ADAM TAYLOR pay tribute to US civil rights giants John Lewis and CT Vivian…
Essay: Rejecting symbols of hate is more than symbolic
Sojourners’ founder JIM WALLIS, in an article published on Religion News Service, argues that tearing down symbols – like statues celebrating Confederate leaders – isn’t enough but such moves can send clear messages about personal and national memory – and about future possibilities…
US Christian leaders seek $US4 billion for secure voting during pandemic
New York City, USAP A multi-denominational coalition of Christian leaders is calling on Congress to allocate upwards of $US4 billion in its next coronavirus economic recovery measure to help Americans safely cast their votes in November. In a letter to lawmakers spearheaded by the Christian social justice group Sojourners, the faith leaders describe voting as […]