June 5, Professor Stephanie Martin, an assistant professor of communication and public affairs at SMU Dallas, for a piece pointing out that Christian Evangelicals must go beyond “reconciliation” if they want to close the racial divide with African American constituencies. Published in Inside Sources and its affiliates. https://bit.ly/3gR5Lgd https://bit.ly/3cMtsTB
Evangelical leaders hesitated to criticize President Trump after he ordered police and military authorities to use tear gas and rubber bullets to remove peaceful protesters from Lafayette Park near the White House so he could get his picture taken in front of nearby St. John’s Episcopal Church.
Trump’s purpose in creating the photo op was not immediately clear, but it hardly seems a stretch to imagine it was a signal to his most ardent Christian supporters that they could count on him to restore law and order to America’s streets. . .
Continue reading “Evangelicals Can’t Bridge Racial Divides With Reconciliation Overtures Alone”