In the early years of this century, when America was renegotiating both faith and power, an..

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On the fourth Thursday of November, many residents of the United States celebrate “Thanksgiving,” a..

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In the Black church, it is common to hear a preacher passionately share spiritual, theological, or..

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Martin Luther King Jr. said as much and perhaps more about truth than any other prominent figure in..

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Trigger Warning: this book contains explicit discussion of trauma, mental illness, childhood..

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A brief excerpt from the introduction One Life to Give: Martyrdom and the Making of the American..

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"What do lesbians do? I mean, sexually?” the woman asked me. Even though I’d been working for..

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Bruce D. Chilton, author of The Herods: Murder, Politics, and the Art of Succession sets the stage..

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Fear has always been my nemesis. My childhood was shaped by a painful shyness, panic attacks, and..

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Born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in 1931 in the ethnically diverse steel town of Lorain, Ohio, Morrison..

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