Readings in African-American History
Narrowing African-American history to a manageable number of books is nearly impossible. The offerings are so voluminous and various it’s overwhelming. But we have to start somewhere. Ignorance is too...
View Article3 Ways Culture Informs Theology
One question that I have long wrestled with is what role (if any) does culture play in how we do theology? I’ve often heard well-meaning people say, “all I need is my Bible” and to some extent, I can...
View ArticleBlack Man in White Man’s Territory, 5: Prone to… Callousness?
A time comes when silence is betrayal.[1] This silence is often the result of a callousness towards another person or group of people. If you’re Black and have attended a predominantly White church for...
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Lamenting Together as a Local Church
What is the Christian’s response to racism and injustice? Among many facets, we are called to act, speak, teach, and preach. But that is not all: we lament. Lament is to express one’s sorrow to God....
View ArticleRacism and the Wrath of God
The recent killings of black people have once again brought conversations about race and racism to the forefront of the global conscience. On the one hand, racism is abnormal in that it wasn’t part of...
View ArticleThe Christian and Critical Race Theory, Part 2: The Segregationist Discourse...
Introduction In our last post we surveyed the “traditional civil rights discourse.” In particular, we saw that racism was not understood to be a natural human dynamic, but rather a very specific and...
View ArticleThree Good Looks at Systemic Racism
For the past couple of months, the country has taken to the street in protest of systemic racism and police violence. Daily protests have occurred in large cities and small towns alike. Never has there...
View Article4 Reasons We Left the SBC
INTRODUCTION “For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart—not to cause you pain, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.” () First, I’m not...
View ArticleWork Out–Not for–Your Salvation in Opposition to Racism!
New Testament authors often talk about obedience to the gospel (; ; ; ). On the one hand, the New Testament clearly states God saves sinners by grace through faith and not by works (), that one is...
View ArticleThe Christian and Critical Race Theory, Part 3: A Bridge: Dr. Derrick Bell
Introduction Concluding our last post, we asked, how, within the space of just twenty years, was the Civil Rights revolution so successfully stymied in making lasting substantive changes to the...
View ArticleThe Christian and Critical Race Theory, Part 5: A Misalignment of Frames:...
Kimberlé Crenshaw argued in her 2011 article, “Twenty Years of Critical Race Theory,” that “what nourished CRT and facilitated its growth from a collection of institutional and discursive interventions...
View ArticleThe Christian and Critical Race Theory, Part 6: A Misalignment of Frames: The...
As discussed in our LAST POST, CRT co-founder Kimberlé Crenshaw argued in 2011 that “what nourished CRT and facilitated its growth from a collection of institutional and discursive interventions into a...
View ArticleWhen the Faithful Flee
Within the last five years, more and more minorities have been leaving white evangelical spaces wounded deeply by those who are called to be guardians of the flock, as well as their spiritual siblings....
View ArticleThe Christian and Critical Race Theory, Part 7: A Race Intervention into...
As discussed in our LAST POST, CRT co-founder Kimberlé Crenshaw argued in 2011 that “what nourished CRT and facilitated its growth from a collection of institutional and discursive interventions into a...
View ArticleThe Christian and Critical Race Theory, Part 8: the Harvard Story and the...
As we read in our LAST POST, CRT emerged not only as a critical intervention in a particular institutional contestation over race but also as a race intervention in a critical space, namely CLS....
View ArticleRapping with the Reyes’ Part 1
The Front Porch Podcast · Rapping with the Reyes’ Part 1 The post Rapping with the Reyes’ Part 1 appeared first on The Front Porch.
View ArticleRapping with the Reyes’ Part 2
The Front Porch Podcast · Rapping with the Reyes – Part 2 The post Rapping with the Reyes’ Part 2 appeared first on The Front Porch.
View ArticleSanctifying the Status Quo: A Response to Reverend Kevin DeYoung
“I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his...
View ArticleDistinctively Christian? An Additional Response to Reverend Kevin DeYoung
In our previous essay, “Sanctifying the Status Quo: A Response to Reverend Kevin DeYoung,” we examined the methodology that undergirds Kevin DeYoung’s critical review of our book, Reparations: A...
View ArticleWho You Talking To?
If your mama’s black, you’ve probably been asked the question, “Who you talking to?” Forgive me if it triggers you because usually that question comes before some kind of correction. “Who you talking...
View ArticleBreaking White Supremacy’s Grip
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a four-part series exploring “the seductive nature of white supremacy” and Black Christian identity and faith. Part 1, “The Hound of Hell,” asks: How, then, do...
View ArticleWhat Y’all Talking ‘Bout?
“What y’all talkin’ ’bout?” It’s another one of those comments that might get you shut down in a Black home. Children are never to ask this of adults. The reply comes swiftly: “This grown folks...
View ArticleBlack Freedom in Christ
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a four-part series exploring “the seductive nature of white supremacy” and Black Christian identity and faith. Part 1, “The Hound of Hell,” asks: How, then, do...
View ArticleResurrecting with a Burning Yellow Fire (Part 1)
My mom and dad are bickering about who should order our dinner at the Wendy’s drive-thru. After working long hours at the post office, neither wants to deal with the micro-aggression of their English...
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