Willie James Jennings

There is a poignant story in the gospel of Mark where Jesus encounters a young man tormented by a demon. The boy’s father, who desperately wants Jesus’ disciples to help him, has reached the point of…

Not everyone has achieved their whiteness. Some cannot achieve it. Others do not want to attain it, and some live in constant frustration in their failure to secure it.

From its Christian and colonial beginnings, America has always trafficked in the fear of black people.