(RNS) — A friend recently asked me, “Is Reformed theology for black people?” As president of the Reformed African American Network, I have frequently pondered this question, and it’s one that eludes ...

The canon of the Bible, i.e., those books held to be divinely inspired and an absolute rule of faith and practice for Christians, is a topic that has stirred increased controversy in recent decades.

Calvin history professor Eric Washington has made a specialty of studying African Americans thought within the Reformed tradition of Christianity, specifically Calvinism. His interest in the topic ...