Civil Rights Movement
- ‘Rattlesnakes Don’t Commit Suicide’This Juneteenth, the life of unsung civil rights hero Fred Shuttlesworth should be a clarion call to the biblical activism we still need to advance racial justice in America.Justin Giboney|
- The Flannery O’Connor Novel That Might Have BeenHer final work was continually revised but never finished. Can we know what she was aiming to achieve?Jonathan Rogers|
- Why John MacArthur Is Wrong About MLKThe prominent pastor’s claim that Martin Luther King Jr. was “not a Christian” is not only ahistorical. It misses God’s heart for justice.Justin Giboney|
- Viral JesusEpisode 111|40min‘You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live’In 1963, Birmingham was the epicenter of racial injustice—until a movement of pastors, churches, and children disrupted the hate. Journalist Paul Kix says it’s a story he was destined to tell.Heather Thompson Day|
- Viral JesusEpisode 108|41minK.A. Ellis: Theology for Real PeopleFrom musical theater to seminary classroom, a woman who calls herself “an unlikely theologian” is making space for single women, children, and others who aren’t always visible to the church.Heather Thompson Day|
- The Half-Truths We’ve Told About MLKIn the ’60s, white evangelicals condemned Martin Luther King Jr. In the ’80s, we lauded a convenient, hagiographic version of his life. How should we remember him now?Daniel K. Williams|Français
- Close Encounters of the Elite Institutional KindHow a contested alien abduction claim from the 1960s helps explain modern cynicism toward credentialed experts and organizations.Daniel G. Hummel|
- Reclaiming MLK Jr.’s ‘Dream’ 60 Years LaterHow we can better engage with the famous March on Washington speech.Mika Edmondson|
- The Slow WorkEpisode 7|34minThe Year of Jubilee with Cindy MorganThrough joy and sorrow, the tapestry of our lives is woven to create something beautiful.Sandra McCracken |
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