Much has been said and insinuated about the history of Christianity and slavery. Unfortunately, many Christians, especially in the South, defended the abhorrent practice. However, today’s critics of Christianity often have a distorted view of the role the faith played in the turbulent 1800’s and...
The emergence of hip-hop within the Church caused the Christian Science Monitor do examine the trend in the article, ‘Shake it out for Jesus’: Churches co-opt hip-hop. Having my own experience with hip-hop and churches opposed to it, I thought I would share some of...
Today on Fresh Air, Terry Gross interviewed author and historian Eric Foner, who is promoting his new book Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction. He did not sound like he had a specific axe to grind (liberal or conservative), and his interview (audio...
My last post addressed the media bascially ignoring horrible racist statements by a black professor (Michelle Malkin has links to the video). I failed to mention the only time the MSM seems to enjoy showing a minority in a bad light – when they are...
Bill Bennett said aborting every black would reduce the crime rate, but it was "impossibly ridiculous and morally reprehensible." This caused a media firestorm chastizing Bennett for his insensitivity. Recently, a lesser known individual made the following remarks during a conference broadcast on CSPAN: And...
I saw this great program on Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (PBS), discussing a church in Chicago that links modern black xianity to Christians from the bible. The pastor argues that blacks were Christians in many places before American slavery blacks should embrace their African and...
