[I have watched in horror over the past couple weeks at the continued violence against the black community in the United States and in Canada. In the interest of amplifying black voices, over the next week I'll be promoting black theology past and present, with as little commentary from me as possible. May we all … Continue reading The Blackness of God: Hearing Dr. James H. Cone
[I have watched in horror over the past couple weeks at the continued violence against the black community in the United States and in Canada. In the interest of amplifying black voices, over the next week I'll be promoting black theology past and present, with as little commentary from me as possible. May we all … Continue reading Beyond ‘I Have a Dream’: Hearing Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
[I have watched in horror over the past couple weeks at the continued violence against the black community. In the interest of amplifying black voices, over the next week I'll be promoting black theology past and present, with hopefully as little commentary from me as possible. May we all hear what the Holy Spirit is … Continue reading Dreams Deferred: Hearing the Harlem Renaissance
[I have watched in horror over the past couple weeks at the continued violence against the black community in the United States and in Canada. In the interest of amplifying black voices, over the next week I'll be promoting black theology past and present, with as little commentary from me as possible. May we all … Continue reading Songs of Lamentation and Longing: Hearing Black Spirituals
There's a strange story in Genesis 11 that goes like this: The peoples of the earth, wanting to gain fame and power, decide to build a tower that stretches up all the way into heavens. But God confuses their speech, so their venture fails and they scatter across the earth. The whole story of the … Continue reading Babel Revisited
Matthew Root 