structural sin

  • How Our Theology Keeps Us Racist

    How could it be possible for a group of Christians to think twice about collectively condemning white supremacy? Many were asking this question last month as we watched the drama of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention unfold… Continue reading

    How Our Theology Keeps Us Racist

  • Adventures in Missing the Point

    I’ve been trying to write a blog post for the last few weeks now… ever since a good friend of mine pointed out this post to me, where Bo Sanders offers a proposal arguing that “privilege is not racism, sexism,… Continue reading

  • What Does Dialogue Take?

    (from a friend of the blog who wishes to remain anonymous) When I was in college, I took a class with a scholar who was—and remains—very influential in inter-religious dialogue circles. He had chaired several of his polity’s national committees… Continue reading

  • Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Become a Feminist

    (OK. I’m going to warn you, this post is long. If you’re strapped for time, my suggestion is to read the text of “Punk Prayer,” and then skip down to “First,“. Thanks in advance for your patience.) By now, I’m… Continue reading

  • Echoes of Jim Crow: The War On Drugs and Presidential Politics

    In her sensational work, The New Jim Crow, civil rights attorney Michelle Alexander uncovers the manifold parallels between the contemporary regime of mass incarceration and the era of Jim and Jane Crow.  We at WIT have reflected upon the racially unjust character… Continue reading

  • Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Last year on Martin Luther King Day, I reflected upon MLK’s radical critique of U.S. imperialism, an aspect of his legacy which is often forgotten. This year, I would like us to remember that racism continues to pervade nearly all aspects… Continue reading

  • Racial Inequality and Health

    Thanks to Meghan Clark of the blog Catholic Moral Theology (you can check out her latest post here) for introducing me to a very important documentary series, entitled Unnatural Causes, which chronicles the interconnection between racism/classism and health disparities. Thankfully for… Continue reading

  • “Ethnic” Hymns in White Churches Take Two

    I want to follow-up on Sonja’s excellent and thought-provoking discussion of the singing of “ethnic” hymns in white churches by adding a few thoughts of my own. Before answering the question of whether predominantly white Christian communities should sing Negro… Continue reading

  • What the War on Drugs and the War on Terror Have In Common

    What does it say about us as a nation when even the killing of sleeping children is incapable of making us change our course? As Amy Davidson of the New Yorker reports, U.S. led NATO forces have killed four Afghan… Continue reading