Author - Malcolm Foley

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Dr. Malcolm Foley holds a degree in religious studies with a second major in finance and a minor in classics from Washington University in St. Louis. He completed a MDiv at Yale Divinity School, focusing on the theology of the early and medieval church. He has a PhD in Religion from Baylor. Malcom is author of The Anti-Greed Gospel . Anti-Greed Gospel: Why the Love of Money Is the Root of Racism and How the Church Can Create a New Way Forward (Brazos, 2025). He pastors Mosaic Waco in Waco, TX.

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Church History

Endurance Produced by Suffering: The Black Church in America

Malcolm FoleyFebruary 10, 2025

American Christianity is, in many ways, a cultural and denominational hodgepodge. Colonization led to certain emphases among American Presbyterians, Anglicans, and Baptists. And as Pentecostalism, Methodism, and others were added to the American...

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Church History Theology

Black Political Theology: An Anti-oppression Faith

Malcolm FoleyOctober 22, 2024

To profess the Christian faith is to make a profound theological and political claim. If God raised Jesus from the dead, that necessitates we confess him as Lord. But to declare Jesus is Lord in a world of many lords is a dangerous thing to do. Over...