Two reports show fewer Americans involved in incidents of Muslim extremism in 2017
RNS Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 12th August, 2017. One person was killed and 19 were injured in the incident. PICTURE: Steve Helber/AP Photo. To hear it from the Trump administration, Muslim extremists pose the greatest […]
ESSAY: TWISTING THE CROSS – THE DEADLY THEOLOGY OF WHITE SUPREMACY
US Christian author SHANE CLAIBORNE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how white supremacist groups corrupt the message of the Gospel…
National Council of Churches in US condemns white supremacist movement after weekend of violence
The National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA has condemned a gathering of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, and said the “moral witness” of concerned people of faith, including clergy, who stood “as a barrier before those gathered in the cause of white supremacy” was an “inspiration”. A 32-year-old woman Heather […]
In the US, Southern Baptists condemn white supremacy in a dramatic turnabout
RNS After a fierce backlash on social media, Southern Baptists reversed course and adopted a statement denouncing “alt-right white supremacy,” calling it “antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ”. The unusual move on Wednesday was a shift from the previous day, when the Southern Baptist Convention’s Resolutions Committee declined to bring to a vote a Texas […]