The Gospel Church and the Ruining of Gay Lives: An Interview with Anthony Heilbut
…ristianity devolves into the image of Bishop Eddie L. Long posing on his smartphone. In recent gospel, [the trend has been toward] the most outrageously secular performers. They do all kinds of things that are smack out of hip-hop or rap, much less R&B. But at the same time, they are exceptionally pious. Like a man named Tye Tribbett. On the one hand, he’s doing stuff that’s just ready for Hot 40 radio, and on the other, he’s very moralistic. And…
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