When it comes to memorializing the nation’s Civil War legacy, Americans are nearly evenly divided over whether to preserve Confederate symbols, memorials, and statues, according to a new Public Religion Research Institute survey. The country’s divisions over the legacy of the Confederacy are bigger than
Deuteronomy 12:3-4, as seen in images of the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia, being removed on Sept. 8, 2021. It was erected in 1890 to honor the Confederate general.
At least 160 public Confederate symbols were taken down or moved from public spaces in 2020, according to a new count by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The group keeps a raw count of nearly 2,100 statues, symbols, placards, buildings, and public parks dedicated
Early on Tuesday (Oct. 20), workers in the capital of Missouri removed the city’s lone Confederate monument after months of advocacy by community leaders that included Word&Way Editor Brian Kaylor.
A grassroots group and local religious leaders held a prayer event Tuesday (Oct. 6) on Stone Mountain, calling for the removal of a Confederate flag and other reminders of the Civil War at the park boasting a massive carving of Confederate leaders.
David Henreckson reviews the new book Cut in Stone: Confederate Monuments and Theological Disruption by Ryan Andrew Newson Read full piece (Note: Hear an interview with Newson in episode 131 of the award-winning Word&Way podcast “Baptist Without An Adjective.”)
Isaiah 57:13, as seen in photos of a Confederate monument outside Calcasieu Parish courthouse in Lake Charles, Louisiana, that was knocked down by Hurricane Laura.
Tony Cartledge reflects on the need to remove Confederate monuments, finding similarities in the ancient world in Egypt and Rome. Read full piece
Beth Allison Barr, associate dean in the Baylor Graduate School, writes about a cemetery in Waco, Texas, and the (mis)treatment of Black burials spots compared to White ones like Confederate soldiers. Read full piece
A life-sized statue of Baptist evangelist Billy Graham will be installed in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall collection sometime next year, replacing a statue of a white supremacist that both the state of North Carolina and the U.S. House want removed.