With James Cone’s Death Comes the Death of Black Theology
With James Cone’s death, comes the death of Black theology. This statement is hyperbolic in…
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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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A New Book For Those Who Cling to a “Post-Racial” Christianity
In The Death of Race, theology professor Brian Bantum explores how issues of race and gender are theological complexities fundamental to understanding humanity’s place in the world.
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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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Sexist, Homophobic Representatives of “The Black Church” Just Want to Make Black America Great Again
To present this group of 25 clergy as a microcosm of what black America wants and thinks is lazy and dangerous.
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To Be Christian, Intellectual and Black: A Response to Vincent Lloyd
Continuing the conversation on the role and reception of black Christian intellectuals in this country.
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Why We Need a Public Black Theology for the 21st Century
Black Christian public intellectuals are a vanishing group.
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Kendrick Lamar’s Hip-Hop Jeremiad
And it came to pass after the captivity of Israel and the desolation of Jerusalem…
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Getting Wright Wrong: Preaching is Not Policy
Anyone who thinks that full agreement with your pastor is necessary has never been to church…
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