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A Day in the Life: Undergraduate Fellowship Program

Posted on February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 by ptsblog

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” – Proverbs 31:8-9 Grace Bassekele is a junior sociology and anthropology major at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., and a recent undergraduate fellowship participant. She…

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Mother of a Movement: Mamie Till-Bradley

Posted on February 12, 2024January 27, 2024 by ptsblog

On Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was found dead in Money, Miss. He had been brutally beaten and lynched after accusations he had whistled at a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family’s grocery store. Years later, Bryant admitted to fabricating the accusation entirely. The men who murdered Till were found not guilty, but…

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Books for Pastors: Church and Race

Posted on February 5, 2024November 30, 2023 by ptsblog

“What are some books that every pastor should read?” PTS faculty were asked this question in spring 2023. Consider these 15 recommendations for studying the intersection of church and race: James Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited Martin Luther King , Strength to Love Willie James Jennings, The…

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