Jesus for Atheists (and Agnostics, and Nones, and Everyone Else)
“There is absolutely nothing to stop us ‘seculars’ from following Jesus.”
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Before Black Twitter: How the Early Black Press Shaped American Discourse Around Race and Religion
Early black newspapers helped to solidify black identity at a time when that identity was being attacked in the cruelest, most violent ways.
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The Theology of Westboro: The “World’s Meanest Church” Is More Than Picket Signs
Why sacrifice so much—money, reputation, friendships, romantic relationships—to this cause?
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A History of Prophetic Black Preaching That Doesn’t Start or End With Dr. King
“We preachers who have come of age in the 21st century stand on tall shoulders and drink from cisterns and wells we did not dig.”
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Power in a Union: How the Working Class Shaped Religion in America
A time when working-class identity and religion converged
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A Time to Break Down, and A Time to Build Up: Reinventing Ministry in Post-Katrina New Orleans
A disaster is not an “Act of God.”
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An Untold Tale: American Fiction vs. The Religious Right
What inspired you to write If God Meant to Interfere: American Literature and the Rise…
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A Biblical Perspective That Recognizes Black Women
What inspired you to write An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation? I used some of…
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How Are the “Nones” Raising Their Children?
What inspired you to write Losing Our Religion: How Unaffiliated Parents Are Raising Their Children? It…
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The Forgotten History of Black Calvinism and the Haunting of American Folk Music
Ten Questions on “Strangers Below: Primitive Baptists and American Culture”
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