anti-racism Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/anti-racism/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:07:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg anti-racism Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/anti-racism/ 32 32 170042892 ‘Racism is very bad for your health’ https://anglicanjournal.com/racism-is-very-bad-for-your-health/ https://anglicanjournal.com/racism-is-very-bad-for-your-health/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:50 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170379 Psychologist Myrna Lashley shares her thoughts on the church’s historic role in propagating systemic racism as well as the role of Christians in the movement to fight it.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/racism-is-very-bad-for-your-health/feed/ 0 170558 ‘Faith demands action’: A conversation with Cheri DiNovo https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-demands-action-a-conversation-with-cheri-dinovo/ https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-demands-action-a-conversation-with-cheri-dinovo/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:37:02 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167888 The message of Jesus is a profoundly radical one for the Rev. Cheri DiNovo.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/faith-demands-action-a-conversation-with-cheri-dinovo/feed/ 1 167888 ‘We can name the evil that is racism’: A conversation with Archbishop Thabo Makgoba https://anglicanjournal.com/we-can-name-the-evil-that-is-racism-a-conversation-with-archbishop-thabo-makgoba/ https://anglicanjournal.com/we-can-name-the-evil-that-is-racism-a-conversation-with-archbishop-thabo-makgoba/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:00:38 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166959 The struggle against anti-Black racism is a common thread in the history of North America and South Africa. During the apartheid era, the Anglican Church of Southern Africa played a major role in supporting the movement to end the official system of racial discrimination. While apartheid officially ended three decades ago, racism continues to plague South Africa today alongside persistent economic and social inequality.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/we-can-name-the-evil-that-is-racism-a-conversation-with-archbishop-thabo-makgoba/feed/ 1 166959 ‘I look in the mirror, I see Absalom Jones’ https://anglicanjournal.com/i-look-in-the-mirror-i-see-absalom-jones/ https://anglicanjournal.com/i-look-in-the-mirror-i-see-absalom-jones/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:00:26 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166943 Each February, the Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania celebrates the life and legacy of Absalom Jones. The first African-American to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, Jones also founded the first Black Episcopal congregation, the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, and is in the Episcopal Church’s calendar of saints.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/i-look-in-the-mirror-i-see-absalom-jones/feed/ 1 166943 Dismantling Racism Task Force appointed https://anglicanjournal.com/dismantling-racism-task-force-appointed/ https://anglicanjournal.com/dismantling-racism-task-force-appointed/#respond Thu, 07 Jan 2021 05:00:14 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166490 Updated April 8, 2022 Council of General Synod (CoGS) appointed seven members to the Dismantling Racism Task Force at its November meeting. Members of the task force include Dale Drozda from the Territory of the People, Brittany Hudson and Aleshia Johnson from the diocese of Toronto, the Rev. Vivian Lam from the diocese of New […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/dismantling-racism-task-force-appointed/feed/ 0 166490 ‘Be invitational in our desire to see change’ https://anglicanjournal.com/be-invitational-in-our-desire-to-see-change/ https://anglicanjournal.com/be-invitational-in-our-desire-to-see-change/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2020 14:13:59 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165545 Early in June, Archbishop and Primate Linda Nicholls described the COVID-19 pandemic as a “changed circumstance”: the latest in a long series of changes throughout the history of the Anglican Church of Canada that have periodically compelled the church to examine its past assumptions and “ways of being and doing.” The primate’s statement was one […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/be-invitational-in-our-desire-to-see-change/feed/ 1 165545 Facing ‘the Canadian blindness to racism’: A statement from the Black Anglicans of Canada https://anglicanjournal.com/facing-the-canadian-blindness-to-racism-a-statement-from-the-black-anglicans-of-canada/ https://anglicanjournal.com/facing-the-canadian-blindness-to-racism-a-statement-from-the-black-anglicans-of-canada/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:54:18 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165061 Black Anglicans of Canada deplores the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police. For me, as an African American, the brutal murder of George Floyd is the last straw. People of African descent, for our entire 400-year history in America, have been put in the position of constantly having to defend […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/facing-the-canadian-blindness-to-racism-a-statement-from-the-black-anglicans-of-canada/feed/ 0 165061 ‘Our faith has been growing in this very difficult time’ https://anglicanjournal.com/our-faith-has-been-growing-in-this-very-difficult-time/ https://anglicanjournal.com/our-faith-has-been-growing-in-this-very-difficult-time/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2020 20:19:31 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163823 Anglicans wondering how to pray in the time of COVID-19 might take guidance from Chinese members of their church. For Chinese Anglicans in Toronto, community and prayer have offered hope and strengthened their faith, helping them support loved ones abroad while opposing a wave of anti-Asian racism.

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