2011
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59 min
CLEAR ALL
The Poor People's Campaign to battle poverty was Martin Luther King's most radical project. Now William Barber and Liz Theoharis are calling for a moral revival with the New Poor People's Campaign.
From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible proclaims justice and abundance for the poor. Yet these powerful passages about poverty are frequently overlooked and misinterpreted.
In this tender and expansive reckoning with the meaning of the Black Church in America, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes us on a journey spanning more than five centuries.
Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing - August 13, 2021 We explore the moral imperative for organizing to save our earthly Mother. We also lift up the voices of WILPF US members and branches who are working through the Poor People’s Campaign.
A strong theological call for ending the abomination of systemic poverty.
First-century Christians weren’t prepared for what a truly inclusive figure he was, and what was true then is still true today.
Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith is growing. But it is not new.
In Where the Edge Gathers, Flunder uses examples of persons most marginalized by church and society to illustrate the use of village ethics--knowing where the boundaries are when all things are exposed--and village theology--giving everyone a seat at the central meeting place or welcome table.
In this far-reaching address, Rev. Jones describes the ways that white supremacy, greed, and the disregard for our environment have wounded our nation. She then offers a new path forward, one grounded in the love of Christ, and God's demand for justice.
Barber makes clear his belief that the role of Christians is to call for social justice and allow the “rejected stones” of American society—the poor, people of color, women, LGBTQIA people, immigrants, religious minorities—to lead the way.