A small southern town and her monument
**This article is a work in progress and will continue to be updated as a repository of this story about the monument. I do not plan to continually publish articles on this subject but to add to this single article as more information is made available to me. (First published 6/25/20; last updated 7/3/20)** A […]
Should we topple the white Jesus?
As an Artist, Arts & Religion Scholar, Christian, and Hispanic who has been vocal about racial issues, I immediately started receiving messages and comments from friends about Shaun King‘s recently tweeted argument that statues of white Jesus should be removed. Mr. King’s contention is that they are icons of white supremacy. I both agree and […]
Faith on View ranked in Top 100 Theology Blogs
Faith on View just received the honor of being ranked in the top 100 Theology Blogs by Feedspot. Feedspot considers five categories when establishing rankings: Quality of Content Post consistency Age of blog Social Media engagement Traffic We debuted at #79. Hopefully, with time we will continue to climb up that list. Thank you, Feedspot!
Tournament of Artists 2020:7
Faith on View readers get to vote for their favorite artists. Enjoy! You can see the records for the entire tournament HERE. The winners of Round 2020:6 were Joseph M. W. Turner, Paolo Veronese, Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Dürer, Claude Lorraine, Franz Kline, and Auguste Rodin.Round 2020:7 brings 14 artists, 7 matches, to you for your votes. Vote for you […]
Repenting of corporate sin rather than embracing Pathological Individualism
Last night, I read an article titled, “Why I stopped talking about racial reconciliation and started talking about white supremacy.” This article talks a bit about the pathological individualism of white theology. This is something I have thought a lot about over the last few years. We, in the United States, tend to interpret everything in […]
The problem with racism today is people don’t know they are racist.
When many people think of racism, all they think about are things like slavery, lynchings, and Jim Crow. We think about things like in the sign above where people are intentionally equating Blacks and Mexicans with dogs. This sort of overt personal race-based bigotry is particularly repugnant. Most people today find this sort of overt […]
Tournament of Artists 2020:6
Faith on View readers get to vote for their favorite artists. Enjoy! You can see the records for the entire tournament HERE. The winners of Round 2020:5 were Alfred Stieglitz, Honoré Daumier, Masaccio, Henry Ossawa Tanner, George Braque, Eva Hesse, and Frans Hals.Round 2020:6 brings 14 artists, 7 matches, to you for your votes. Vote for you favorites. This […]
White America… take responsibility and repent.
Last week was a hard week for our nation. I haven’t sat watching the news fighting tears swelling in my eyes since Hurricane Katrina. But, in that case, my tears were over a natural tragedy. These tears are over the tragedy of human brokenness. This weekend, it was heart-wrenching to watch protests turn into riots. […]
The American Idol of Freedom
With the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a lot of talk about freedom in the United States. This is especially true over the last few weeks as protesters have been calling for the government to lift shelter at home orders. In one thread about this on my Facebook wall, a person who was questioning the […]
The “Lean on Me” Ethic, No Bootstraps Required
It is all over Facebook that Bill Withers passed away today. The top hit of his illustrious career was Lean on Me. It ranked #7 when it was released in 1972, the year I was born. Withers did not die of the Coronavirus but I can’t help think of his greatest hit in light of our […]