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Tag: Race
Why Cliven Bundy Was Not A Religious Hero
At Religion Dispatches, Sarah Posner cites an article by several commentators about why Cliven Bundy did not become a hero of the Religious Right (and
My brother’s keeper: Obama confronts obstacles for young men of color
President Obama increases awareness of obstacles facing young men of color and especially young black men.
Presiding Bishop preaches on racial reconciliation
The particular challenge of Episcopalians here and across the Church is to acknowledge our complicity in the institution of slavery – that the Church here in Louisiana began and continued as a wealthy, white proclaimer of a gospel of obedience and loyalty to a system of domination.
Reunion, Council and inclusion of African Americans
Resolved: That whenever the colored members of the Church in any parish desire to form a new and separate congregation, such action shall have the sanction of this Diocese. They may elect their own Vestry, Wardens, and Ministers. They shall be considered as under the care of this Council, and their interests as represented in it by the Standing Committee on Colored Congregations.
A South African priest in California reflects on the meaning of Madiba
The Rev. Lester V. Mackenzie, a native South African, has written a lovely meditation on Nelson Mandela for the House of Deputies site. Mackenzie, a
State of Racism: after the conference
The Rev. Jim Kodera, a native of Japan who was the first Asian-American to be ordained in the Diocese of Massachusetts, “I think it is our obligation to have the courage to write alternative history so that we can embrace multiple histories” in order to see a more complete picture of the country.
Live web forum “Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America” today
The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Mississippi will host a 90-minute forum, Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America, live-streamed from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 15, at 2 p.m. (EST).