This week, activist and theologian Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to insist about the celebration and reflection of Black historical past, and the intersection of faith and activism. Collectively, they uncover the ongoing wrestle for racial equality, the highly effective influence of Black historical past on unusual social justice actions, and the role of non secular and neighborhood leaders in powerful systemic injustice.
Rev. Jacqui, well-known for her deep faith-basically based commitment to social justice, shares her personal historical past of activism, rooted in her family’s involvement in the Civil Rights Circulation. She highlights the classes we are able to plot from Black historical past and the Black Church to help foster unity, fairness, and like, emphasizing the energy of faith to conquer the forces of division and oppression.
“When asked about what you’re doing about immigrants, lean on your faith: that our faith compels us to enjoy the stranger, because we were as soon as strangers in a unfamiliar land. In actuality, the Hebrew scriptures reveal thirty-some unfamiliar conditions you ought to silent just like the stranger, and one time like your neighbor. Your complete belief of loving your neighbor as your self capability loving the alien, loving the stranger, loving the immigrant, loving the widow, loving the child. And I have confidence, for therefore lengthy as we are able to claim these issues as segment of our creed, as segment of our call to ministry, whenever you happen to will, that stands well for us.”
– Rev. Dr Jacqui Lewis is the senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church in Contemporary York Metropolis, a numerous and inclusive congregation. Believing faith communities can lead the capability to racial reconciliation, Rev. Jacqui co-based The Middle Project and The Progressive Luxuriate in Conference in conjunction with her fundamental other, The Rev. John Janka, which prepare leaders to mark a more correct society. She holds an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary and a PhD in psychology and faith from Drew University. Her next e book, The Honest Luxuriate in Fable Bible for teenagers and families is due out in September.
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