Yonat Shimron, News & Observer, Aug.9, www.newsobserver.com/2010/08/09/620557/two-faiths-tackle-blacks-struggles.html
Few would deny the nation’s African-Americans have suffered. And few would deny they have looked to faith as a source of solace and comfort. At a forum at UNC-Chapel Hill this weekend, a group of scholars and community participants pondered the age-old question of why God would permit such suffering.
Although Christian theologians have tackled the issue before – most recently during the civil rights era – the “Black Theodicy Forum” at the FedEx Center for Global Education brought together Christians and Muslim scholars to tackle the question jointly. The two faiths represent the twin strains of the African-American religious experience in the United States.