(The Root) — As Americans, we all know about the terrifying acts of violence that occurred during the civil rights movement: the snarling dogs that chased organizers in the streets, the protesters ...

CHICAGO -- Yesterday morning, 6,000 people streamed into Trinity United Church of Christ here for Palm Sunday services, where blunt, funny and often fiery sermons have made the church popular among ...

WASHINGTON — In a 2006 speech here, then-Sen. Barack Obama said Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount was so “radical” the Defense Department wouldn’t survive its application. Earlier this month (April), the new ...

The sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Sen. Barack Obama's blunt-speaking pastor, may sound harsh—but they are rooted in the history of black protest and in a form of "liberation theology" popular ...

In the gospel of Matthew, we hear Jesus saying “. as for what is sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundred fold ...