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What Americans hear about social justice at church – and what they do about it

  • Written by R. Khari Brown, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Wayne State University, Wayne State University
What Americans hear about social justice at church – and what they do about itPolitics, social justice and faith come together each week in many religious leaders' sermons. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

On June 5, 2020, it had been just over a week since a white Minnesota police officer, Derek Chauvin, killed George Floyd, an unarmed, African American man. Protests were underway outside Central United Methodist Church, an...

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