‘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…
Read MoreKendrick Lamar’s fourth album, Damn, (stylized “DAMN”) has been number one on the Billboard charts for the…
Read MoreThe first book from Columbia University’s Josef Sorett examines the religious roots of African American literary and cultural movements of the 20th Century.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read More“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.
Read More“Something has been broken for me; a fragile hope that the work of racial and gender justice will be embraced by the larger church.”
Read MoreWhy is it always “courageous” to stand with Black people?
Read MoreI walked away after seeing Beyoncé’s hour-long visual album, “Lemonade,” with the profound sense that…
Read MoreThese days, a standard caveat from some religious black folk is that errant souls just…
Read MoreNearly a year has passed since Freddie Gray’s murder by Baltimore police officers ignited outcries…
Read MoreWhat does it mean that a quarter of all Americans “describe their religion as ‘nothing in…
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