by Rodrigo Serrao | Jul 10, 2020 | Opinion
I never really understood the intricacies of race, ethnicity and Christianity until I began to study sociology, and more specifically how race and racism work, in Brazil and the United States. When I came to study theology in the U.S. many years ago, the two schools I...
by Joao Chaves | Jul 2, 2020 | Opinion
Education in the U.S. has a special place in the minds of people around the world. The resources of U.S. schools are a major reason for the way in which they capture the imagination of foreigners like me. Access to large, well-staffed libraries, exposure to...
by Myles Werntz | Jun 24, 2020 | Opinion
Two intertwining gifts are emerging in a North American church scene in which every major denomination is in decline. First, there is a renewed desire for roots, to evaluate histories and to see what it was about being Baptist or Presbyterian or Methodist that...
by Joao Chaves | Jun 17, 2020 | Opinion
I am looking at my bookshelves as I write this. The books that were required for my seminary training are arranged in particular shelves, easy to find. If these books were people standing in my living room, I would be surrounded by dozens of white men and two...
by Jonathan Davis | May 22, 2020 | Opinion
The coronavirus pandemic has placed financial strain on colleges and universities nationwide, and enrollment is expected to drop by as much as 20% in the fall. Small, religious institutions face a particularly difficult future, as they depend heavily on tuition for...
