God and the Confederacy in Arlington
With Pete Hegseth resurrecting a Confederate memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, this issue of A Public Witness looks back at how prayer was used to bless its White Supremacy ideology.
Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Statue Melted Down
‘It’s taking that culture of death and repurposing it for the sake of life, telling this very long story of resistance to that white supremacist culture,’ said the Rev. Isaac Collins, a Methodist minister who attended the melting.
National Cathedral Windows Shift From Themes of Confederacy to Racial Justice
'There is a lot of work yet to be done to confront systemic racism,' said the cathedral's Dean Randy Hollerith.
If We’re Rescinding Southern Baptist History, Let’s Undo Our Link to the Confederacy
Some Southern Baptists want to rescind a 2019 resolution on critical race theory. Pastor Alan Cross says that if the SBC is going to start rescinding resolutions, they should instead start with the one supporting the Confederacy.
Southern Baptists Confront Stain of Racism, Slaveholding Past, But for Some it’s Not Enough
In addition to increasing diversity in leadership, some Southern Baptists also want the convention and its entities to reconsider how they honor their early slave-holding leaders. Read full piece
Some Still Revising South’s Reasons for Civil War
Terrell Carter (a pastor, university administrator, and Word&Way columnist) writes about the myths of the Lost Cause sympathizers still pushed today. Read full piece