by Amanda Tyler | Jul 30, 2019 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
While summer usually means beach reads, my reading list hasn’t been so light this year. I’ve spent these last few months studying up on Christian nationalism, as my BJC colleagues and I felt called to dig deeper into this political ideology that seeks to merge...
by Starlette Thomas | Jul 23, 2019 | Opinion
What do we mean when we say the word “race” and that we are a member of one? Do we know what it means to belong to a race? How many races exist and why is the existence of race necessary? How are these races defined and assigned to cultural groups? How long have we...
by Nick Lear | Jul 22, 2019 | Opinion
Is it just me or are some politicians getting more extreme in order to gain popular support? In the United Kingdom and United States, there are politicians who are seeking (or hold) the highest office in the land, and they are making statements designed to attract...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 18, 2019 | Opinion
The president of the United States tweeted racists comments Sunday, attacking four female congresswomen with non-Anglo ethnicities. While three of the congresswomen were born in the United States, the president echoed a famous racist taunt. He tweeted, “Why don’t they...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 17, 2019 | News
Jamaican Baptist leaders raised the topic of reparations for slavery in multiple sessions of the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance last week in Nassau, the Bahamas. Devon Dick, a Jamaican Baptist pastor, gave a presentation on the biblical case for...