Racism – Page 3 – Red Letter Christians

Reflections from a Recovering Christian Nationalist Leading to the Anniversary of January 6th

January 4, 2022

Christian Nationalism, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Race

I didn’t know it at the time, but I was being thoroughly discipled in Christian Nationalism: the idolatrous entangling of God and country for the sake of power.

It’s What Didn’t Happen that Matters: On the Trial of the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

Mandy Thompson

December 17, 2021

Practical Justice, Race

And because of this, they trusted Dunikoski with a kind of trust that is often only extended to those closest to us—family—and called her Auntie to prove it.

Roots of Justice

Calenthia Dowdy

August 16, 2021

Books, Church Life, Practical Justice, Race

Much of the healing involves acknowledging that institutions, not just people, are racist.

Jesus, Justice, and the Suffering of the Marginalized

David Piorek

July 28, 2021

Practical Justice, Race, Women

Yet, where we see suffering, we often see Jesus. Jesus’ arrival in the Gerasenes shows us how he breaks into the marginalized areas of our societies where those who are suffering have been left to languish.

The Christians Who Cannot Mourn Ma’Khia Bryant

Sy Hoekstra

April 27, 2021

Family and Parenting, Practical Justice, Race

Only syncretized faiths value the supremacy of human laws. We value truth. The truth is that the state took another Black girl from her family under the pretense of safety, and then it killed her.

Black Deaths Matter

Morf Morford

April 23, 2021

General, Peace & Nonviolence, Race

Our media obsession with the taking of life (whether fictional or under the guise of “news”) literally defines our culture and era. And nothing captures our attention, passion, clicks, and eyeballs more than the portrayals of Black deaths at the hands of white vigilantes . . .

Pat Robertson’s Not Woke, He’s the Reason You Should Be

Jonathan Walton

April 21, 2021

General, Race, Theology

So a moment where someone is able to condemn murder and distinguish a Glock from a Taser might be retweeted or shared thousands of times, but it is not confession, repentance, and rebuke of the racist, misogynistic, homophobic, and nationalist ideas that he has preached and platformed for the last 60 years.

‘Go and Do Likewise’: Pursuing the Biblical Call to Justice

Cameron Phillips

April 12, 2021

General, Global, Practical Justice

Who would your ‘Samaritan’ be today? A politician? A troll on Twitter? A violent terrorist? A police officer? An anarchist? Someone with a different sexual orientation?

Hatred Toward Asian Americans is Not a New Evil

Mae Elise Cannon

April 9, 2021

General, Peace & Nonviolence, Race

White supremacy is at the heart of anti-Asian hatred.

Asian American Christian Collaborative Statement on the Atlanta Massacre & Ongoing Anti-Asian Hate

Asian American Christian Collaborative

March 25, 2021

Christian Nationalism, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Race

AACC also cries out against violence perpetrated in the name of Christianity. We condemn the evasion of responsibility by churches and denominations that have historically perpetuated the social conditions for attitudes and perspectives that have led to the unequal, unjust, and ungodly treatment and murders of racialized minorities.