by Starlette Thomas | Jan 23, 2023 | Opinion
Race is not a biological difference but one crafted for the purposes of colonialism. That’s a key assertion in Becoming Human: The Holy Spirit and the Rhetoric of Race, the latest book by Luke Powery, the dean of Duke University Chapel and associate professor of...
by Michael Chancellor | Nov 1, 2022 | Opinion
David Blight’s biography of Fredrick Douglass is a tough read. Some will probably want it to be banned, along with any of Douglass’s writings in states where the Confederacy is still revered and celebrated. Why is it a tough read? It presents a crushing...
by Mitch Carnell | Oct 21, 2022 | Opinion
The Black Lives Matter movement caused me to look at the privileges that being white has afforded me. An unexpected outcome from reading Sister Sandra Makowski’s book Searching for God and Finding the Treasure was being forced to look at the privileges that being male...
by Keith Herron | Oct 4, 2022 | Opinion
Jody Dungan’s life mission has been to follow her wish to live fully and completely in her true identity. This painful sojourn toward freedom from the self that others expected her to embody began in childhood and continued across the arc of her life. In her book...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 27, 2022 | Opinion
Telling others what they “should,” “ought” or “must” do is typically a turnoff. Even persons in rightful places of authority — parents, teachers, supervisors — usually choose less-demanding language to make their expectations known, like: “It might be good if you...
