Religion & Culture
Religion: The Basics
- For Religious Freedom: Are You Actually Propagating Prejudice With Your “Beliefs?”
- How Religion is Part of Intersectionality – This Sikh Social Justice Educator Says It All
Culture: The Basics
- 7 Ways ‘Honoring’ Other Cultures Is Really Cultural Appropriation
- Cultural Appropriation vs Cultural Appreciation: Working Through Our Own Excuses as White Allies
- You Don’t Have an Excuse: Cultural Appropriation, Power Dynamics, and Historical Context
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Judaism
The Basics
- Anti-Judeomisia
- Antisemitism: The root of the Holocaust and a persistent scourge
- History of Antisemitism and the Holocaust
- Is antisemitism a form of racism?
- Resisting Fear: What Being Jewish Means in an Age of Rising Anti-Semitism
- The Roots and Impact of Antisemitism
- The working definition of antisemitism
Vital Reading
- 61 percent of Americans agree with at least one anti-Semitic stereotype: poll
- Anti-Zionism = Antisemitism? Not Necessarily!
- Confronting Anti-Semitism: If I Don’t Respond, Who Will?
- Explaining Holocaust Denial
- Half of Americans don’t know 6m Jews were killed in Holocaust, survey says
- How Anti-Semitism Rises on the Left and Right
- White Supremacy Is the Root of Violence Against Jews
Reading
- A Brief History of Anti-Semitism (pdf)
- Hatred in Plain Sight
- Holocaust Denial and Distortion
- Jewish Magic & Medieval Anti-Semitism
- Kogan I. Anti-semitism and Xenophobia. Am J Psychoanal. 2017;77(4):378-391. doi:10.1057/s11231-017-9113-6
- Origins of Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist Terms and Symbols
- Telegram is crawling with antisemitism
Action
- 7 Ways For White-Passing Jewish Folk to Engage Anti-Racism
- Anti-Semitism: 90 Wways You Can Respond (pdf)
- Anti-Semitism Today
- Confronting Antisemitism
- Fighting Prejudice
- How to Fight Anti-Semitism
- Responding to Everyday Bigotry
- Teaching Materials on Antisemitism and Racism
Resources
Christianity
Privilege
History
White Supremacy
- American Christianity’s White-Supremacy Problem
- Christian White Supremacy 101
- Christian Zionist lobby is built on anti-Semitic theology
- Confronting A History Of White Supremacy In American Christianity
- Racism among white Christians is higher than among the nonreligious. That's no coincidence.
- White American Christianity Needs to Be Honest About Its History of White Supremacy
- White Christian America Needs a Moral Awakening
- White Supremacist Ideas Have Historical Roots In U.S. Christianity
Mormonism
- Church Journalist On Why He Thinks Mormonism Is The Most American Religion
- Eugenics and the Intellectual Underpinnings of Mormons in the Alt-Right
- How Mormons Assimilated Native Children
- Meet The (Alt-Right) Mormons: Inside The Church's Vocal White Nationalist Wing
- Mormons and the Mark of Cain
- Mormons Grapple With Church's History Of Discrimination Amid Wider Racial Reckoning
- Mormonism and White Supremacy: American Religion and The Problem of Racial Innocence by Joanna Brooks
- When Mormons Aspired to Be a ‘White and Delightsome’ People
Action
- 9 Things Your Church Can Do to Fight Racism
- Confronting Christian Zionism
- End the Use of Religion to Discriminate
Resources
Islam
The Basics
Vital Reading
- Many Americans see religious discrimination in U.S. – especially against Muslims
- Nationwide Anti-Mosque Activity
- Why the Idea That Islam Promotes Intolerance of the LGBTQIA+ Community Is a Lie
Reading
Action
- 6 Tips for Working in Solidarity with Muslim Women
- Countering and Dismantling Islamophobia
- How We Can Fight Prejudice Against Muslims
- Stand with your Muslim neighbors and fight bigotry
- The Challenging Racism Project
- What to Do if You Face Anti-Muslim Discrimination at Airport Security
- Your dinner guest makes an Islamophobic comment. How do you respond?
Resources
Other Religions
Buddhism
- 4 Signs You’re Culturally Appropriating Buddhism – And Why It’s Important Not to
- A Buddhist monk explains mindfulness for times of conflict
- Buddhist Temples Seek a New Path to Combat Anti-Asian Violence
- The Dalai Lama Says the Responsibility to Fight Racial Injustice Lies With ‘the People’
- How to stop bigotry
- What does Buddhism say about prejudice and discrimination?
- What the Buddha Taught Us About Race
Hinduism
- Deconstructing Anti-Hindu Sentiment: Fighting Prejudice Against Hindus Should Not Preclude Introspection
- Ending casteism doesn’t require eradicating Hinduism. To suggest otherwise is itself bigotry.
Jainism
- Jain View on Activism
- Jainism view on Wars, Fighting for Injustice, Oppression, Freedom.
- Tamil Jains Still Face Discrimination Despite Being in the State for 2000 Years
Sikhism
- How the Sikh community’s experiences with hate crimes shows why data collection is so important
- Preventing Hate and Discrimination
- Sikh Coalition
- Sikhs in America: A History of Hate
- 'The violence is always there': life as a Sikh in Trump's America
Indigenous Religions
LGBTQ+
General
- Gender Identity and Our Faith Communities: A Congregational Guide for Transgender Advocacy
- Gender Identity and Our Faith Communities: Audio Files of Dramatic Readings
- Religion-Based Discrimination Against LGBTQ People
Islam
- Coming Home to Islam and to Self
- 'I feel caught in the middle': queer Muslims on the LGBTQ lessons row
- Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity
- Muslim association says there is 'no reason' to ban same-sex marriage
- Muslims for Progressive Voices
- Queer & Muslim: Nothing to Reconcile | Blair Imani
- Queer Muslim Women Reflect On Navigating Their Faith and Sexuality
- The Queer Muslim Project (IG)
Judaism
- Coming Home to Judaism and to Self
- Eshel (Orthodox)
- Institute for Judaism and Sexuality
- Keshet
- Nehirim
Christianity
- What Does the Bible Say About Transgender People?
- A Faith-Based Perspective on Transgender Inequality
- Resources for LGBTQIA+ Inclusion
Mormonism
Catholicism
- Seven Quotes That Make Pope Francis Complicated for LGBTQ People
- Coming Home to Catholicism and to Self
- Dignity USA
- Equally Blessed
Evangelicalism
Interfaith
- Faith in America
- GLAAD Religion, Faith and Values Program
- HRC Foundation's Religion and Faith Program
- National LGBTQ Task Force: Faith
- Religious Institute
- Soulforce
- Transgender Faith and Action Network – Freedom Center for Social Justice
- Transfaith
Stances of Faith
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Alliance of Baptists
- American Baptist Churches USA
- Buddhism
- Church of God in Christ
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
- Church of the Nazarene
- Conservative Judaism
- Disciples of Christ
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Episcopal Church
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Hinduism
- Humanism
- Metropolitan Community Churches
- National Baptist Convention USA Inc.
- Orthodox Judaism
- Pentecostals
- Presbyterian Church
- Reconstructionist Judaism
- Reform Judaism
- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Roman Catholic Church
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Southern Baptist Convention
- Sunni and Shi'a Islam
- The United Methodist Church
- Unitarian Universalist Association
- United Church of Christ
- Unity
Groups Working to Improve LGBTQ+ Treatment and Membership
- Affirmation (United Methodist)
- Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists
- Axios (Eastern Orthodox, Byzantine Rite, and Eastern Catholic LGBTQ Christians)
- Believe Out Loud
- Brethren Mennonite Council for LGBTQ Interest
- Covenant Network of Presbyterians
- Emergence International (Christian Scientists)
- Friends of LGBTQ Concerns (Quaker)
- Gay Buddhist Fellowship
- Gay Christian Network
- GLAAD Alliance, Inc. (Disciples of Christ)
- Institute for Welcoming Resources (ecumenical)
- Integrity USA (Episcopalians)
- Interweave (Unitarian Universalists)
- LGBTQ Humanist Council
- Many Voices (Black church movement)
- Pink Menno Campaign (Mennonite)
- Reconciling Pentecostals International
- ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation
- Room for All (Reformed Church in America)
- Seventh-Day Adventist Kinship International
- The Evangelical Network
- The Fellowship
- The Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association, Inc. (Vaishnavas and Hindus)
- UCC LGBTQ Ministries
- Unity Fellowship of Christ Church (African-American)