Theology for the Church

Today is the 40th anniversary of the tragic assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Many will remember his stirring words abou...

Thank you to my colleague Kevin Dudley for directing me to this important reflection on race and the 2008 election written by Alice Walker .

In this post, " On Declaring God Damn America: Obama and Wright, Niebuhr and Cone ," Chris Scharen offers a very thoughtful reflec...

by Barbara Bradley Hagerty, All Things Considered , March 18, 2008. [The link to this story (printed in full below) and the audio clip can b...

I returned home a week and a half ago from my J-term course, an 11-day immersion experience in Detroit with 10 students, and I am still tryi...

In one of my first posts, I wrote about racism and the need for white theologians to deal with it. This January, I will be leading an interi...

Almost two weeks ago, our country observed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I attended an MLK event at my alma mater, Wittenberg University. Mic...