‘Don’t Call Me Black No More, I’m an Israelite’: Kendrick Lamar, Black Hebrew Religion, and Black Suffering
Kendrick Lamar’s fourth album, Damn, (stylized “DAMN”) has been number one on the Billboard charts for the…
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Poets and Preachers: How Black Literature Blurs the Lines Between Sacred and Secular
The first book from Columbia University’s Josef Sorett examines the religious roots of African American literary and cultural movements of the 20th Century.
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Reports of the Black Church’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated: A Review of Walter Fluker’s Latest Book
In response to the kinds of shifts that have occasioned the post-racial fantasy, Fluker encourages us to think beyond the dominant tropes associated with black Christianity.
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The Black Church in Trump’s America: Refuge and Resistance
“Resistance will require us to renounce our own tendencies to espouse practices of Islamophobia, patriarchy, and homophobia in our congregations and denominations,” says Rev. Leslie Callahan.
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Watching 81% of My White Brothers and Sisters Vote For Trump Has Broken Something in Me
“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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#WhiteChurchQuiet: Anything but Outrage Is Complicity
Why is it always “courageous” to stand with Black people?
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Black Women and the Sacred: With “Lemonade,” Beyoncé Takes Us to Church
I walked away after seeing Beyoncé’s hour-long visual album, “Lemonade,” with the profound sense that…
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Just Give ‘Em a Little Jesus: Black Marriage Meets White Paternalism
These days, a standard caveat from some religious black folk is that errant souls just…
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“We All We Got”: The Black Church As an Oasis in Baltimore’s Food Deserts
Nearly a year has passed since Freddie Gray’s murder by Baltimore police officers ignited outcries…
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Refusing Religion, Claiming the Future: A Roundtable Discussion on “The Nones Are Alright”
What does it mean that a quarter of all Americans “describe their religion as ‘nothing in…
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