Confederate Monument: Betrayal, Trump Train, and Moving Forward
Cleveland Daily BannerFaith on View has been covering this story since the demonstrations started in June. Our long article archiving the story is now over 16,000 words and can be read here. Hope and Betrayal The presentations to the City Council and the stories in the news eventually led to a call for a task […]
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 9/26/20)** To […]
Anti-Racist Monument Presented to City Leaders
The local Confederate monument here in Cleveland, Tennessee continues to inspire demonstrations and interest both within the local community and across the nation. Today, the City Council heard statements from the community. I spoke to them because I have put forward the idea of an Anti-Racist monument that is the subject of an article in […]
Confederate Monument Brings out the Hate
**This is an abridged version of the full 13,000+ word monument account which can be found here.** In 1812, my great-great-great-grandfather moved with his twenty slaves to east Tennessee. My middle name, Chambers, comes from this side of my family. However, I was raised in California—the son of Civil Rights activist Cruz Reynoso. When I […]
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 […]