Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus argues that the black American narrative led Dietrich Bonhoeffer to the truth that obedience to Jesus requires concrete historical action. This ethic of resistance not only indicted the church of the German Volk, but also continues to shape the nature of Christian discipleship today.
Freedom Sunday is a non-partisan statewide voter turnout initiative. African – American churches, civic organizations and committed citizens played a pivotal role fifty years ago in Freedom Summer.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference partners with SpiritHouse Project, Christ the King United Church of Christ and Eden Theological Seminary to host Teach-In, Eat-In, and Preach-In for Social Justice in Ferguson, MO.
The Black Church is an institution that emerged in rebellion against injustice perpetrated upon black bodies. How is it, then, that black women's oppression persists in black churches that espouse theological and ethical commitments to justice?
Social ethicist and scholar of American religions Jonathan L. Walton joined the faculty of Harvard Divinity School in July 2010 and was appointed Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church beginning July 2012. He speaks with Rev. Joan Harrell, host and producer of Empowering Voices.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference joins hands with hundreds of low-wage federally contracted workers in a historic protest to demand living wages and access to health care.