by Colin Harris | Jan 15, 2014 | Opinion
Our half-century commemorations of the courage and accomplishments of the civil rights struggle have appropriately reminded us of the valiant heroes, sung and unsung, of that historic era. The reflections and discussions accompanying those remembrances have also...
by BWA Staff | Oct 11, 2013 | News
Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam declared that Baptists need to take a resolute and strong stance against racism. Callam, who delivered the second annual Sam Sharpe Lecture on “The Deconstruction of Race” in the United Kingdom...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Sep 20, 2013 | News
The Miss America pageant crowned its first Indian-American winner Sunday night, and “Twitter blew up,” says Mandy McMichael, assistant professor of religion at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala. McMichael is a doctoral candidate at Duke University,...
by Tony Peck | Aug 30, 2013 | Opinion
It has been 50 years since Baptist pastor and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. made his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of Washington, D.C. Reaching deep into the prophecy of Isaiah, this modern prophet memorably held out before his dream of a...
by Colin Harris | Jul 19, 2013 | Opinion
It was not likely that the recent verdict in the George Zimmerman trial would establish “justice” in response to the tragic death of Trayvon Martin. From all indications, the legal process was followed carefully, the jury took its responsibility seriously,...
