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      My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
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      Amber Ruffin Wasn’t Cancelled by the WHCA Just Because She’s a Queer Black Woman Who Rejects ‘Both-Sidesing’
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      Amber Ruffin Wasn’t Cancelled by the WHCA Just Because She’s a Queer Black Woman Who Rejects ‘Both-Sidesing’
    • My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
      My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Yolanda Pierce

Dr. Yolanda Pierce is an Associate Professor of African American Religion and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary and the Director of Black Church Studies. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. degree from Cornell University and undergraduate degrees from Princeton University. Pierce’s research specialties include African American Religious History; Womanist Theology; African American Literature; and Race and Religion.

Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Sexuality/Gender, Special FeaturesNovember 15, 2016

Watching 81% of My White Brothers and Sisters Vote For Trump Has Broken Something in Me

By Yolanda Pierce

“Something has been broken for me; a fragile hope that the work of racial and gender justice will be embraced by the larger church.”

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(A)theologies, Culture, Racial Justice, Sexuality/Gender, Special FeaturesMay 3, 2016

Black Women and the Sacred: With “Lemonade,” Beyoncé Takes Us to Church

By Yolanda Pierce

I walked away after seeing Beyoncé’s hour-long visual album, “Lemonade,” with the profound sense that…

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