Mark Charles, a Native American activist and writer, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his book Unsettling Truth: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery. He also discusses his 2020 campaign as an independent presidential candidate, the racism embedded in the U.S.'s founding documents, and how churches are adding to the nation's racism.

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Bruce Reyes-Chow, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto, California, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book In Defense of Kindness: Why It Matters, How It Changes Our Lives, and How It Can Save the World. He also discusses political and religious incivility, social justice activism, harmful charity, and moving churches forward after COVID. 

Note: In Defense of Kindness is the July selection for the Word&Way Book Club. Join an online small-group conversation about this book later in June.

Laura Levens, assistant professor of Christian mission at the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about issues facing the Southern Baptist Convention this week in Nashville, Tennessee. She also discusses a couple pieces she wrote on these issues, including about women in ministry and critical race theory.

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Kristin Kobes Du Mez talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about her book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. She also discusses why evangelicals embraced Donald Trump, and how to pronounce "evangelical." 

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Lindsey Krinks, cofounder of Open Table Nashville,  talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about her new book Praying with Our Feet: Pursuing Justice and Healing on the Streets. She also discusses viewing communities from below, reading scriptures in public spaces, and what keeps her ministering despite disappointments with institutional Christianity.  

Note: Praying With Our Feet in the inaugural selection for the Word&Way Book Club. Join an online small-group conversation about this book later in June.

Allan Boesak, a theologian and anti-apartheid activist, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about the heresies of apartheid, the threats of global inequality and authoritarianism, the dangers of empire under recent U.S. presidents, and the need to read and preach the Bible in anti-imperial ways. Boesak also discusses his book Comfort and Protest: The Apocalypse of John from a South African Perspective, and remarks he made in November 2020 about Barack Obama’s new memoir and Jeremiah Wright.  

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