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Rev. Osagyefo Sekou

Rev. Osagyefo Sekou is the inaugural Bayard Fellow with the Fellowship of Reconciliation and a Scholar-in-Residence at Stanford University’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute.

(A)theologies, Archive, Remapping American ChristianitiesDecember 18, 2015

An Open Letter to Black Clergy on the Disdain for Protest

By Rev. Osagyefo Sekou

Advent is upon us as we await the coming of the world’s most famous Palestinian—Jesus…

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(A)theologies, Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderJune 17, 2009

RDPulpit: On the Betrayal of King’s Legacy and Culture Wars

By Rev. Osagyefo Sekou

Unlike the recent document claiming reconciliation between evangelicals and progressives the only way democracy has ever been expanded in the US, according to the Rev. Sekou, is by the defeat of conservative evangelical positions.

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Politics/LawJune 11, 2009

RDPulpit: Why I am going to Iran

By Rev. Osagyefo Sekou

What do you hope to accomplish, they ask, meeting with “those people”?

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