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Religion Dispatches
On a fall day in 1998 I sat opposite the kindly guidance counselor at my Midwestern Christian high school who extolled the virtues of evangelical higher education. She seemed concerned that Christian…
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Religion Dispatches
I’ve known Rev. Barber very well for some time now. He has given a series of talks here at Union on the Third Reconstruction, and he’s working with Union to expand the scope of his work beyond his…
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Religion Dispatches
At a time when so much of American politics seems incited by fear and hatred, it is inspiring to read the words of Rev. William Barber, asking Americans to act in accord with what Lincoln called “the…
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Religion Dispatches
I have had the honor of working extensively with the Rev. Dr. William Barber II, beginning when he keynoted the launch of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice in November 2013…
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Religion Dispatches
When I mention Moral Mondays to secular friends, few have heard of it. In faith-based circles, Rev. William Barber has inspired thousands, but, at least on the surface, he hasn’t ignited a national…
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Religion Dispatches
From the very beginning of Rev. William Barber’s ministry in the state of North Carolina that we now know as Moral Mondays, he has challenged his fellow North Carolinians to remember their heritage…
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Religion Dispatches
I moved to the Triangle area of North Carolina in 2014, and I had only heard of Rev. William Barber through the media, namely through his Moral Mondays movement. What I remember most was a news clip…
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Religion Dispatches
Rev. William Barber’s book, The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement, is a refreshing primer on moral movement building. We progressives tend to…
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Religion Dispatches
I first heard Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II speak at a Moral Mondays rally in Raleigh that I attended with my classmates back in February 2014. It was powerful and incisive in its moral criticism of…
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Religion Dispatches
Rev. William Barber’s conversation with Peter Laarman, here in RD, underscores an important strategic lesson for those of us who seek to be justice-makers—we cannot do this work from ahistorical and…
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