A week after the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, faculty and staff of North Park Theological Seminary, in Chicago, posted a statement on an internal online forum declaring their support for “vulnerable populations” in the United States.
“The political climate reveals longstanding national sins of racism, elevation of whiteness, misogyny, nativism, and economic disparity,” wrote the authors, who were led by a theology and ethics professor, Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom, and an assistant professor of church history, Hauna Ondrey. The statement continued: “Many people of color, women, and other marginalized groups feel increasingly alienated not only in the political context but in much of the white evangelical culture as well.”
Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education.