Ethics/Morality/Religion
Sadness and Loss Are Everywhere. Books Can Help. By Margaret Renkl / NYT
What Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Say About Black Suffering. By Esau McCaulley / NYT
Donald Trump and a Good Friday warning against far-right Christian nationalism. By Rev Nathan Empsall / NBC News
Pope Francis apologized for the harm done to First Nations peoples, but what does a pope’s apology mean? Annie Selak / The Conversation
Grand Rapids pastors mobilize in wake of fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya. By Kathryn Post / RNS
Imagine a Bible With No Moses, No Story of the Exodus. By Sharon Brown / NYT
Chicago church’s plan to fast from ‘whiteness’ for Lent gets pushback. By Emily McFarian Miller / Religion News Service
War in Ukraine is testing some American evangelicals’ support for Putin as a leader of conservative values. Melani McAlister / The Conversation
‘A Womanist Theology of Worship’ reclaims communal and spiritual authority through African legacies. By Diana L. Hayes / NCR
‘Blackness Deserves a Seat at the Seder.’ By Kayla Stewart / NYT
Rihanna embodies the sacrament of pregnant joy. By Nicole Symmonds / NCR
What Kind of Love is Needed to Heal Racial Divides? By Derwin Gray / Christianity Today
Young Black Catholics are still here and flourishing more than their peers. By Josh Packard Byron / Religion News
Churches played an active role in slavery and segregation. Some want to make amends. By Michela Moscufo / NBC News
What the Ginni Thomas text furor warns about an outsize role of faith in politics. By Michael Gerson / Wash Post
Malcolm X’s Gospel. By Ellen McLarney / AAIHS
Nonviolence explained: A civil rights veteran preaches a ‘quiet no.’ By Dwight A. Weingarten / CS Monitor
Died: Gospel Singer LaShun Pace, Who Praised God from 1970s Revivals to 2020s TikTok. By Rick Szcues / Christianity Today
Drawing from the Black church, a psychologist pushes to reshape mental health care. By Rebecca Tan / Wash Post
Self-defense, domestic violence and the limits of the US justice system. By Marin Cogan and Madeleine O’Neill /Vox
Why the future of the world’s largest religion is female – and African. Gina Zurto / The Conversation
Black Catholics survey prompts need for prioritizing racial justice. By NCR Editorial Staff
At confirmation hearing, Lindsey Graham grills Ketanji Brown Jackson on faith. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
Benjamin Watson Knows Life Is a Team Sport. By Russell Moore / Christianity Today
Researchers warn that Christian nationalists are becoming more radical and are targeting voting. By Michelle Boorstein / Wash Post
Ketanji Brown Jackson knows what it means to ‘act justly and love mercy. By Barbara Williams-Skinner / RNS
