Culture/Ethnicity
Jubilee Urban Leadership Initiative
The Jubilee Urban Leadership Initiative is an urban leadership development program/internship, which seeks to provide sound theological training, character development, and assessment of calling and gifting for urban, multi-ethnic leaders in the context of … Continue reading
“Black Millennials” and the Black Church
Most people credit historians and social scientists William Straus and Neil Howe with coining the term “millennials,” a synonym for “Generation Y,” which is usually defined as that generation of … Continue reading
“Twelve Years A Slave” Book Review
I am currently reading Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup. The book, which is set to release as a feature film next month, is powerful. It’s an autobiographical account of how Solomon Northup, … Continue reading
Beyond the Color Barrier: The Gospel, Race and the Future of Christianity in America
In this 50 minute lecture, Anthony Bradley presents a biblical theology of ethnicity (what is race/ethnicity according to God?). Soong-Chan Rah explores the impact that our shifting ethnic demographics will … Continue reading
Ethnicity and the Mission of God
Hear Thabiti Anyabwile discuss how ethnicity and the mission of God intersect.
Tony Carter, “On Being Black and Reformed”
In his book, On Being Black and Reformed, Tony Carter wanted to show that being Reformed is not antithetical to the African-American Christian experience and to demonstrate that Reformed theology is … Continue reading
Being Black and Reformed
Thabiti Anyabwile talks about why it is healthy to push back on the notion that theology, and particularly Reformed theology, is ethnically and culturally bounded.