1836, the Slaveholder Republic’s Birthday
Historian Gerald Horne on the Texas Revolution, its victors, and its victims
David R. Brockman
David R. Brockman, Ph.D., is an author, Christian theologian, and nonresident scholar in the Religion and Public Policy Program at Rice University’s Baker Institute. He teaches at Texas Christian University.
Articles by David R. Brockman
Seeking Wisdom That’s Deeper Than ‘Crayola’ Religion
A Fire To Light Our Tongues is an antidote to the belief that religion must be linked to intolerance, racism and hate.
Houston’s Hayan Charara Plumbs the Politics of the Personal
A new collection of poems by the author is plainspoken, yet profound.
New Book of Poems and Essays Is a Posthumous Love Letter to the Texas Hill Country
At its best, “The Shimmering Is All There Is” invites readers to partake in a deep communion with the natural world.
Editorial: Texas Wasn’t Prepared for the Statewide Vaccine Rush
My elderly parents’ experience getting the COVID-19 vaccine highlights problems with Texas’ overall pandemic response.
In NO God We Trust?
An atheist seminar in Fort Worth drew a capacity crowd, evidence that Texas’ growing nonreligious population is finding its political voice here in the Bible Belt.
‘We Got Nothing:’ Few Wins for the Christian Right in the 86th Texas Legislature
Though Christian conservatives chalked up a few narrow victories in this year’s session, they may have run up against the limits of their legislative power.
Texas Republicans’ Push for a Religious ‘License to Discriminate’ is Depressingly Familiar
Today’s targets of religious discrimination are members of the LGBTQ community. Not long ago they were African Americans and women.
The Christian Right’s Politics of Cruelty
The policies pushed by politicians like Donald Trump and Dan Patrick are anything but Christ-like.