Ekemini and Brian dig into the reparations conversation, advocating for a spiritual category for both racial evil and restitution. What is the formal definition of the term reparations? How can we know who the process of reparations might apply to? Can every person of a given color be considered either equally liable or equally entitled?

The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History by Ana Lucia Araujo

Six times victims have received reparations — including four in the US by Dylan Matthews

Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation By Ekemini Uwan, Christina Edmondson, and Michelle Higgins

Ekemini Uwan is a public theologian and author.

Dr. Brian Doak is an Old Testament scholar and professor.

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Does the Bible Mention Reparations for Slavery?