How Christianity has Shaped the Contours of Black American Life

Modern American origins of contemporary black theology can be traced to July 31, 1966, when a group of 51 concerned clergy,

calling themselves the National Committee of Negro Churchmen, which proposed a more aggressive approach to combating racism

using the Bible for inspiration.

Black theology arose as an affirmation of black Christians in response to critiques from a range of sources, including black Muslims,

that claimed Christianity was a "white man's religion", white Christians that saw black churches as inferior,

black Marxists that saw religion as an unscientific tool of the oppressor, and black power advocates who saw being Christian

as incompatible with being black..

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2 days ago; 7/4/2023 USA Citizens celebrated 246 years old Freedom, Justice and Equality from England..

..Thanks again for PASTING a racistlyIgnorant ridiculous fiction from negro and slavery times to 2023...

The negro USA Citizenship is colored 'black' by COLORED'whiteSupremist paganChristians' from 1868 to 2023...

Mr. Robert Powell, did you read this blog? Because if you did, you would find a better choice of words to describe this article, WOW.

How Christianity has Shaped the Contours of Black American Life

SUBJECT

Josef Sorett examines the complex religious ideas and practices in his book, Black is a Church.

By Eve Glasberg
July 05, 2023

Why did you write this book? Coming so soon after your The s*xual Politics of Black Churches, is there any overlap between the two?

Posted By: Deacon Ron Gray
Wednesday, July 5th 2023 at 9:45PM
You can also click here to view all posts by this author...

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"..Mr. Robert Powell, did you read this blog? Because if you did, you would find a better choice of words to describe this article.."

Friday, July 7th 2023 at 7:08AM
Deacon Ron Gray

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1. I, Robert Powell, researched the book by Josef Sorett

..Josef Sorett is Professor..of..African Diaspora Studies..he also directs the Center on African-American Religion, s*xual Politics

and Social Justice

2. I, Robert Powell, researched Christianity and "blackTheology"

3. I then combined those intellectual subjects, added American-World History AND gave MY THOUGHT on this blog SUBJECT

Did deaCON PASTE this SUBJECT and NOT intellectually and scholastically research deaCON SUBJECT, as I did?

..Is deaCON at this African American Family site, DICTATING what I should comment or attempting to censor my WRITING?

..Is deaCON a believer in the USA Constitutional right of USA Citizens to think, debate and maintain Democracy?

..is deaCON a reader, thinker and comprehender of English and American Religious History?

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I, Robert Powell, an Educator have described this PASTED news article as any scholastic American might...!

Did you click on the link to read the rest of this article, Mr. Robert Powell?

What does this mean Ron: "Black is a Church is preoccupied...?"

Ok Steve, Now remember, these are the words of the author, Ok!.

Why did you write this book? Coming so soon after your The s*xual Politics of Black Churches, is there any overlap between the two?
Black is a Church is preoccupied with a set of questions that have been with me going all the way back to my college years, probably earlier. But it was then that I took a class in Black Theology, and wrote a term paper on the relationship between spiritual and racial identities. Over the years, my questions evolved and were refined—from their origins in personal experience and observations—in ways that reflect my subsequent training in the fields of Black studies and religious studies. Most of the book was written during the same time that I was leading a collaborative project at Columbia, which culminated with the publication in 2022 of The s*xual Politics of Black Churches, the volume that I edited.

Now I am sure you understand now after reading it a second time.

Steve, what did that sentence in that paragraph, is saying to you, after re-reading it a second time?

How Christianity has Shaped the Contours of Black American Life

SUBJECT

Josef Sorett examines the complex religious ideas and practices in his book, Black is a Church.

By Eve Glasberg
July 05, 2023

Why did you write this book? Coming so soon after your The s*xual Politics of Black Churches, is there any overlap between the two?

Posted By: Deacon Ron Gray
Wednesday, July 5th 2023 at 9:45PM
You can also click here to view all posts by this author...

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"..Now remember, these are the words of the author, Ok!...Now I am sure you understand now after reading it a second time.

Why did you write this book?.."Black is a Church"..after your The s*xual Politics of Black Churches, is there any overlap between the two?

..the relationship between spiritual and racial identities.

..what did that sentence in that paragraph, is saying to you, after re-reading it a second time?.."

Saturday, July 8th 2023 at 11:07PM
Deacon Ron Gray

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African AMerican Families; deaCON seems to have PASTED article about a book, deaCON cannot or did not read...

..deaCON--(selfIdentified, at BIA as a "blackHebrewIsraelite"..trustee of kingJames 1619 version of AfricanAsian Monotheistic Belief)

1. did deaCON READ this book by Professor Dr. Josef Sorett?

2. did deaCON take a class of understanding 'blackTheology" Professor Dr. Josef Sorett?

3. did deaCON call/email/tweet for an understanding book/'blackTheology from Professor Dr. Josef Sorett?

4. did deaCON understand what "How Christianity has Shaped the Contours of Black American Life" means?"

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Contours.. (plural noun)

an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something:

"she traced the contours of his face with her finger" · "the contours of American life"

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Professor Dr. Josef Sorett

Can you give some examples from Black is a Church of ways in which religion (namely, Protestant Christianity) is at the center

of Black life in the U.S.?

In chapter one, I begin by looking at the ways in which, in the literary genre of slave narratives, an emerging notion of racial identity

—what will eventually be named as Blackness—and a set of normative debates about the substance of Christian faith and religion,

more generally, are braided together, all against the backdrop of a quest for freedom.

..chapters two and three continue..examining, first, new religious movements—from American Pentecostalism to religious pluralism

—at the turn of the 20th century, and then, emerging scholarship on race and culture, circa World War II.

Black is a Church ends with a chapter that brings together the foci of the three, by analyzing the ways that various understandings

of Christianity continue to shape Black life, across literature, scholarship, and activism in the 1990s and the 21st century.

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..euroCENTRIC protestant 'christianity' has shaped/outlined for the African Life--slavery, rape, torture, injustice and family destruction!

Not AfricanAsian Monotheistic belief of Adaam(as)....

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I have read Dr. Sorett and I DO NOT understand

1. 'blackTheology" Professor Dr. Josef Sorett

2. BOTH..."Black is a Church"..and The s*xual Politics of Black Churches as a "shaper" of American or African American Life....

YOUR WORDS: I have read Dr. Sorett and I DO NOT understand

MY REPLY: I 'am very sorry if this topic is over your head Mr. Robert Powell, WOW!

Black is a color Ron. A church is a gathering.

"..I have read Dr. Sorett and I DO NOT understand..MY REPLY: I 'am very sorry if this topic is over your head Mr. Robert Powell.."

Sunday, July 9th 2023 at 10:08AM
Deacon Ron Gray

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deaCON, all wise, explain then the parallels between;

.."Black is a Church" and The s*xual Politics of Black Churches; as Dr. Sorett explains Shaped the Contours of Black American Life

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If the racistlyIgnorant deaCON could READ english..deaCON would know that I wrote above...

..I have read Dr. Sorett and I DO NOT understand; 'blackTheology" Professor Dr. Josef Sorett..

BOTH..."Black is a Church"..and The s*xual Politics of Black Churches as a "shaper" of American or African American Life....

Sunday, July 9th 2023 at 9:52AM
robert powell | delete

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deaCON PASTES blogs to AfricanAmericans-does not research or READ what deaCON PASTES of racist product..I G N O R A N T!

..black is a shoe/belt color

..church is a kingJames Colonial, Genocidal, slaverAmericana product of COLORED'whiteSupremacy' (Dr. Sorett writes..protestant church)