Lions and Kings: Killing and the Abuse of Power
Category: RELIGION
There is certainly a lot of outrage over the killing of Cecil the Lion by an American dentist. Yet, as Americans have grieved and raged against the killing of Cecil, many have not put that same energy and empathy into grieving and raging against the slaughter of African Americans in the U.S., especially by police.
By Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, ContributorProfessor of Theology, Chicago Theological Seminary, 2015-08-02