slavery Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/slavery/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:05:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg slavery Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/slavery/ 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 ‘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 ‘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 Human trafficking advocacy to focus on Indigenous victims https://anglicanjournal.com/human-trafficking-advocacy-focus-indigenous-victims/ https://anglicanjournal.com/human-trafficking-advocacy-focus-indigenous-victims/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:07:06 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=152768 The Anglican Church of Canada’s work on human trafficking will likely focus on the issue as it affects victimized Indigenous people, Ryan Weston, the church’s lead animator of public witness for social and ecological justice, told Council of General Synod (CoGS) November 11. In a presentation to the council, Weston related the work the national […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/human-trafficking-advocacy-focus-indigenous-victims/feed/ 1 152768 Freedom from slavery theme of 2018 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity https://anglicanjournal.com/freedom-slavery-theme-2018-week-prayer-christian-unity/ https://anglicanjournal.com/freedom-slavery-theme-2018-week-prayer-christian-unity/#comments Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:57:04 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=152570 The 2018 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will focus on freedom from slavery, with prayer topics that are of special importance to the Caribbean. These topics include the plight of Haitian refugees, human trafficking, violence, the debt crisis and credit union movement, strengthening families and colonial reconciliation. Developed by an ecumenical team in the […]

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