Beliefs

Beliefs Archives: Protest and arrest - Rabbi Rachel Timoner on faith, reparations, protest, and justice

From Our Archives: 

We revisit a conversation from our first season with the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim. She describes the clarity she feels from what she calls the unfinished business of America. Reparations for slavery, the rights of women to control their bodies, and opposition to xenophobic oppression; all a part of the central moral character Rabbi Timoner feels is her purpose. As a rabbi, as a Jew, and as a social justice activist.

 

Quitting Liberty: Dr. Christopher A. House

Speaker, Pastor and Scholar Dr. Christopher A. House resigned from Liberty University recently in protest of President Jerry Falwell Jr’s deleted tweet featuring both blackface and KKK characters.

To speak to us about the moment when belief becomes action, Beliefs producer Jay Woodward asked Dr. House for a conversation.

 

 

Black Voices Matter: with Jemar Tisby, Pastor Tyler Burns, and guest host national reporter Adelle Banks

Writer and historian Jemar Tisby, Pastor Tyler Burns of New Dimensions Christian Center in Pensacola, Florida co-host the podcast Pass The Mic for their organization The Witness - A Black Christian Collective. 

We gratefully thank Religion News Service reporter Adelle Banks for leading the conversation.