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    • Chauvin Verdict isn’t a Turning Point in Equal Justice, But it Does Suggest a New Political Norm
      Chauvin Verdict isn’t a Turning Point in Equal Justice, But it Does Suggest a New Political Norm
    • Beyond White Reasonable Doubt: Why I Cannot Fully Celebrate the Verdict Against [Let His Name Be Erased]
      Beyond White Reasonable Doubt: Why I Cannot Fully Celebrate the Verdict Against [Let His Name Be Erased]
    • What’s the Matter With Jewish Studies? Sexism, Harassment, and Neoliberalism For Starters
      What’s the Matter With Jewish Studies? Sexism, Harassment, and Neoliberalism For Starters
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    • Chauvin Verdict isn’t a Turning Point in Equal Justice, But it Does Suggest a New Political Norm
      Chauvin Verdict isn’t a Turning Point in Equal Justice, But it Does Suggest a New Political Norm
    • Beyond White Reasonable Doubt: Why I Cannot Fully Celebrate the Verdict Against [Let His Name Be Erased]
      Beyond White Reasonable Doubt: Why I Cannot Fully Celebrate the Verdict Against [Let His Name Be Erased]
    • As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
      As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
  • Religious Liberty
    • As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
      As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
    • Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
      Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
    • Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
      Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
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    • It’s Time for Democrats to Read the Bible Verses on the Wall and Stop Courting White Evangelicals
      It’s Time for Democrats to Read the Bible Verses on the Wall and Stop Courting White Evangelicals
    • We Can Finally Put the Lie to Trumpism: 5 Myths Debunked By a Biden Victory
      We Can Finally Put the Lie to Trumpism: 5 Myths Debunked By a Biden Victory
    • 11 Election Tweets to Amuse, Infuriate, Enlighten, and Amuse You
      11 Election Tweets to Amuse, Infuriate, Enlighten, and Amuse You
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    • I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’
      I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’
    • How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture
      How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture
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      Watch: Is The Religious Left a Mirage or Are Journalists Just Missing the Story?
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Andre E. Key

Andre E. Key is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. His research focuses on the area of African American religious traditions in the 20th century. He currently teaches courses in the areas of African American Studies, 20th century African American history, and African American Religions.

OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeApril 21, 2021

Beyond White Reasonable Doubt: Why I Cannot Fully Celebrate the Verdict Against [Let His Name Be Erased]

By Andre E. Key

“I was dreaming when I wrote this forgive me if it goes astray” – Prince …

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Archive, OMFG, Racial JusticeApril 7, 2021

Times’ Link of NOI With Capitol Killer is Based on Flawed Comparison Between Rightwing Christian Nationalism and Black Religious Nationalism

By Andre E. Key

Here’s a quick quiz. Guess who wrote the following words: “Indeed I tremble for my…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, OMFG, Racial JusticeMarch 24, 2021

What Passover Taught Me About Being Black

By Andre E. Key

As Passover approaches this weekend I often reminisce about how, as a young child, the…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Racial JusticeDecember 23, 2020

Why I’m Not Quite Sold on ‘Black Santa’

By Andre E. Key

Like many areas in American life, the symbols of Christmas are haunted by the specter…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/LawOctober 13, 2020

‘Only Christopher They Acknowledge is Columbus’: The ‘Biblical’ Reason why Replacing Columbus Day is an Uphill Battle

By Andre E. Key

Note: For readers directed here by the newsletter, we apologize for the incorrect link. Read…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeJuly 29, 2020

‘The White Privileged Man’s Burden’: If Jesus Was White Who Are We to Question the ‘Privilege’ That Came With it?

By Andre E. Key

Religious institutions across America are seeking out anti-racist professionals in a long overdue attempt to…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Racial JusticeJuly 15, 2020

Before We Scold DeSean Jackson and Others For Anti-Semitism We Need To Talk About ‘Chosenness’

By Andre E. Key

Over the past week, two prominent African-American celebrities have been condemned for promoting anti-Semitism because…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Racial JusticeJune 30, 2020

Hey Hey, Ho Ho White Jesus Has to Go… But The Issue is More Complicated Than You Think

By Andre E. Key

As a child growing up in Louisville, Kentucky in the late 1970s a curious painting…

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(A)theologies, ArchiveJune 18, 2020

What is Juneteenth to America? It Has to Be More Than ‘Black 4th of July’ if It’s to Be Truly Meaningful

By Andre E. Key

There’s never been a time in American history when this nation hasn’t been anti-black. This…

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(A)theologiesMay 10, 2017

“Don’t Call Me Black No More, I’m an Israelite”: Kendrick Lamar, Black Hebrew Religion, and Black Suffering

By Andre E. Key

Kendrick Lamar’s fourth album, Damn, (stylized “DAMN”) has been number one on the Billboard charts for the past…

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