Day: September 23, 2016

“I am afraid:” A critique of modern policing

| Posted on September 23, 2016 |

Gayle Fisher-Stewart is a former law enforcement officer and now an Episcopal priest. She speaks difficults truths about the issue of police violence against the black community and the racism which is feeding it.

Religion, race, and resistance

| Posted on September 23, 2016 |

Tomorrow, the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC will open. On display will be religious artifacts from black history like Nat Turner’s Bible, Harriet Tubman’s hymnal and antique pews from AME churches.

Bishop Anne Hodges-Copple on the shootings and protests in Charlotte

| Posted on September 23, 2016 |

The Rt. Rev. Anne Hodges-Copple of the Diocese of North Carolina speaks to the Diocese about Wednesday’s shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte.

Speaking to the Soul: Damage Control

| Posted on September 23, 2016 |

You don’t have to be an exorcist in order to fight demons, or at least to reduce their harm.

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