Slavery in Black and White Study Guide Documentary

The Church is not always on the right side of history during times of social crises and controversy. If one studies the various responses of Christians and its churches/institutions during times of crises and controversy (slavery, genocide, segregation, Holocaust, crusades, etc.), as I and many others have, one could discern three common responses:

1. A small group of persons who resist, stand against, and fight evil often at great personal cost.

2. A large group that fights to defend and uphold evil and injustice. They do not see it as evil but rather as necessary, normative (how things are), and good.

3. A large group of people that bury their heads in the sand, try to ignore what’s going on around them, or let it work itself out. In other words, they say and do nothing, sometimes claiming it is not the church’s role to weigh in on such issues.