Results for: "Social Theology"

Social Theology, Videos

Following the death of George Floyd Jr. on May 25, 2020, protests and riots erupted throughout America. Following the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the shooting death of black teenager, Trayvon Martin seventeen months earlier, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi began to use the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media. In 2014, the Black Lives Matter movement became...Read more... Read more...

Products, Social Theology

$10 @ Each The nineteenth century witnessed enormous social concern on the part of Christians throughout America. Volunteer movements of every type arose to apply the ointment of the Gospel to the wounds of the human condition. Alcohol and opiate use were rampant, and from this social ill arose the prohibition movement. In addition, rescue missions and other forms of shelters emerged...Read more... Read more...

Christian Calendar, Christian Living (Articles), Christian Witness, July, July Articles, Social Theology

Throughout the summer months, families are preoccupied with various activities that are often unique to this season of the year. Family vacations, church camp, and other activities provide materials from which family and personal memories are made. For those of us who are privileged to regularly share in a good summer family church camp, meeting with the Lord and cherished friends for...Read more... Read more...

American Judiciary, Christian Witness, Social Theology

June 26, 2015 US Supreme Court issued opinion in favor of same-sex marriage On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued a 5-4 opinion—in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges—that same-sex couples could marry in all 50 states.[1] The Justices voting in favor of the decision included Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, and Elena Kagan. The...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian Calendar, Christian History, Christian Witness, July, Social Theology

In September 1774, the first Congress of the American colonies was convened to address the refusal of King George III and the British Parliament to grant to the American colonists their rights as British citizens. At this Congress and the one that followed, no talk of separation from Britain was entertained. The question was one of how to secure the rights that were theirs under...Read more... Read more...