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Albert John Luthuli (also spelled Lutuli), also known by his Zulu name “Mvumbi” (c. 1898 – 21 July 1967), was a South African teacher and politician. Luthuli was elected president of the African National Congress (ANC), at the time an…
Continue ReadingToday, the Episcopal Church commemorates Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman. This date was chosen because it is the anniversary of a seminal Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, July 19-20,…
Continue ReadingMacrina was born in 327 in Cesarea, the eldest child of Basil and Emmelia. She was the granddaughter of St. Macrina the Elder and sister of St. Basil, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and St. Peter of Sebastea. Her mother based…
Continue ReadingTogether with Samuel Provoost of New York, William White of Pennsylvania was consecrated a bishop on February 14, 1787, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and the Bishop of Peterborough; the two thus became the…
Continue ReadingAlthough the phrase Righteous Gentiles has become a general term for any non-Jew who risked their life to save Jews during the Holocaust, the motion passed by the General Convention of 2009 specifically cited the work of five individuals: Raoul…
Continue ReadingThe Reverend Samson Occom (1723 – 1792) was a Native American Presbyterian clergyman and a member of the Mohegan nation near New London, Connecticut. He has the distinction of being the first Native American person to ever publish documents and…
Continue ReadingConrad Weiser (1696-1760) is venerated as a witness to peace and reconciliation. He was born Johann Conrad Weiser, Jr., was a German Pennsylvanian pioneer, interpreter and effective diplomat between the Pennsylvania Colony and Native Americans. He was a farmer, soldier,…
Continue ReadingNathan Söderblom was born in Trönö, Sweden, in 1866 and ordained in 1893. He was chaplain at the Swedish Embassy in Paris from 1894 to 1901, and earned a doctorate in comparative religion from the Sorbonne. He then became professor…
Continue ReadingJan Hus was a religious thinker and reformer. He initiated a religious movement based on the ideas of the English pre-reformation scholar John Wyclif. His followers became known as Hussites. The Catholic Church did not condone such uprisings, and Hus…
Continue ReadingWalter Rauschenbusch (October 4, 1861 – July 25, 1918), the son of a German Lutheran theologian and professor, became the primary American theologian of the Social Gospel movement of the first two decades of the Twentieth Century. While a number…
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