racism Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/racism/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:04:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg racism Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/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 Epiphany and our call to inner sight https://anglicanjournal.com/epiphany-and-our-call-to-inner-sight/ https://anglicanjournal.com/epiphany-and-our-call-to-inner-sight/#respond Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:00:11 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170117 Seeing is a prominent theme in the stories and parables of Jesus. Although sometimes it is in the context of stories of the healing of physical blindness, it is also used as a metaphor for insight into truth.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/epiphany-and-our-call-to-inner-sight/feed/ 0 170117 Why I still love the church https://anglicanjournal.com/why-i-still-love-the-church/ https://anglicanjournal.com/why-i-still-love-the-church/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:23:26 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169170 I must admit that it has been very difficult for me to remain loyal to the Christian church these past years.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/why-i-still-love-the-church/feed/ 2 169170 Grieving for our children https://anglicanjournal.com/grieving-for-our-children/ https://anglicanjournal.com/grieving-for-our-children/#respond Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:00:53 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169097 The May discovery of the remains of 215 children who were buried on the grounds of the Kamloops Residential School, and the discovery of similar graves on the grounds of every residential school that has been examined, tears at the hearts of all of us who are working toward reconciliation.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/grieving-for-our-children/feed/ 0 169097 Deacons meet in ‘threshold time’ at first virtual conference https://anglicanjournal.com/deacons-meet-in-threshold-time-at-first-virtual-conference/ https://anglicanjournal.com/deacons-meet-in-threshold-time-at-first-virtual-conference/#respond Thu, 22 Jul 2021 20:31:57 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=168656 The diaconate has a vital role to play for the church in transformative times, Anglican deacons across Canada heard at their latest triennial conference—the first ever held online.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/deacons-meet-in-threshold-time-at-first-virtual-conference/feed/ 0 168656 ‘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 ‘The God of the Exodus was able to find them’ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-god-of-the-exodus-was-able-to-find-them/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-god-of-the-exodus-was-able-to-find-them/#respond Thu, 25 Feb 2021 05:00:34 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166941 The chief influence of Black Christianity on the wider North American church has been to hold it to the idea of freedom in the here and now—with gains that aren’t going to wilt at resistance from the dominant culture, according to Black church leaders the Anglican Journal interviewed.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-god-of-the-exodus-was-able-to-find-them/feed/ 0 166941 Rethinking darkness and light https://anglicanjournal.com/rethinking-darkness-and-light/ https://anglicanjournal.com/rethinking-darkness-and-light/#respond Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:00:46 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166910 Leaders in the Lutheran and United churches on language and anti-Blackness Adele Halliday still remembers conversations from a church she attended years ago. The congregation constantly associated whiteness with purity and goodness, and darkness with evil. They talked about people being “washed white” from the blackness of sin. Language is an important part of Christian […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/rethinking-darkness-and-light/feed/ 0 166910 White Jesus and me https://anglicanjournal.com/white-jesus-and-me/ https://anglicanjournal.com/white-jesus-and-me/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2021 05:00:49 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167019 When I first published a version of this column in September, another Black man in the United States had been shot (seven times in the back) by a white police officer.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/white-jesus-and-me/feed/ 2 167019 Seeing God beyond our mirror images https://anglicanjournal.com/seeing-god-beyond-our-mirror-images/ https://anglicanjournal.com/seeing-god-beyond-our-mirror-images/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2021 05:00:37 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166985 Although some people find February a dismal month as we long for the end of winter, it is, for me, a month of good memories and celebrations.

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