James H. Cone, the fiery African American theologian and author, wrote “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” from which we are borrowing first half of our title here. The other concluding half, ..
James H. Cone, the fiery African American theologian and author, wrote “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” from which we are borrowing first half of our title here. The other concluding half, ..
Among westerners, Americans, in particular, there are individuals whose orientation about black Africa is of one big country, with several families, of weird-looking, very dark people. Also among Americans–and ..
Dearest J, How far (as used to be the normal expression, one which has endured into the present moment)? Distance should not hinder pal’s memory from reaching into the past, reaching to each other. ..
Memory collects the past into the gourd of the present. The performance of rememory, both heals and strengthens; it revives hope that tomorrow is going to be better than today. This function of the human ..
With the exception of shades of atheism, there are basically 3 contending options for peoples of the darker hue when it it comes to spiritual cleavages among peoples of the darker hue in the United States. ..
Technological and scientific breakthroughs in the areas of magnetic fields have advanced communications between peoples across the world. It is as a result of these feats that we are able to sit a classroom ..
Before it snowed this week Georgia’s history was not always totally bright. Georgia had once been significant slavery stronghold, and its deep history of racism continues to rear up in social, political ..
Before his election as the eight President of the ITC, Dr. Peters was the Henry L. Hillman Associate Professor of Urban Ministry and the first Director of Metro-Urban Institute at Pittsburgh Theological ..
Puppet divine–no pun intended–describes the literal inability of designated supernatural beings to perform basic tasks of self-defense. Puppet divine, like paper, tiger, categorizes the epidemic ..
Seriously, if you have not known or ever contemplated the problem of evil, you may have been born someone else—certainly not in this our world. In our own world, we recognize and feel pain, from the pain ..
Our title here is taken–directly–from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem, “Ode to the West Wind”. But the article itself was inspired by a revolution-like event, actually by animal ..
Nelson Mandela “We should not abandon those who helped us in the darkest hour…” Nelson Mandela “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become ..