Poll on race stresses need for ‘sacred conversations’

Poll on race stresses need for ‘sacred conversations’

Source: Dallas Baptist Standard - Dallas, TX, USA

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Date: 14 August, 2008

A recent New York Times/CBS News poll revealing deep national divisions along racial lines is an urgent reminder of the need for “sacred conversations on race,” the head of the National Council of Churches said …

The call for sermons on race was issued earlier this year by John H. Thomas, general minister and president of the United Church of Christ, and promptly endorsed by Kinnamon and other church leaders. Thomas made the call as church leaders gathered on the steps of Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ and defended Jeremiah Wright, then the target of a storm of criticism for remarks deemed unpatriotic and radical by critics.

Jeannie Babb Taylor: The M-Word: Modern racists use religious attack to smear blacks

Jeannie Babb Taylor: The M-Word: Modern racists use religious attack to smear blacks

Source: Catoosa County News (Georgia)

Author: Jeannie Babb Taylor

Date: 5 August, 2008

Apparently the n-word, which is too vulgar to voice in polite company, has been replaced with the M-word: Muslim ...

Obama is no Muslim, closet or otherwise. In fact, he is more open than most politicians about his faith, speaking often of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He walked the aisle at Trinity United Church of Christ sixteen years ago. He knelt at the altar on a Sunday morning. He stood and professed Jesus Christ as his lord and savior.

Prof Helps Write Environmental Racism Report

Prof Helps Write Environmental Racism Report
News Wise: 02-21-2007

"A landmark 1987 report revealed how U.S citizens who are minorities or poor are much more likely to have hazardous-waste facilities in their neighborhoods.

"Both the original and the new report were sponsored by the United Church of Christ. A summary of the new study was released Feb. 17 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco."