Left of Black S2:E23 | March 12, 2012
Politics and the Prophetic Vision of the Black Church
Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype© by Professor Obery M. Hendricks, author of The Universe Bends Towards Justice (Orbis Books) and visiting scholar at The Institute of Research and African American Studies in the department of Religion at Columbia University. Hendricks shares his recent experience at singer Whitney Houston’s home going ceremony, and explains how it gave people access to traditions in the Black church. Neal and Hendricks discuss why gospel music does not get the same kind of criticism as contemporary R&B and hip-hop for not being conscious and engaged in the world. Lastly, Hendricks discusses the biblical vision of economic society.
Later, Neal is joined via Skype© by Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou who is a documentary filmmaker, public intellectual, organizer, pastor, theologian, and author of the book Gods, Gays, and Guns: Essays on Religion and the Future of Democracy(Campbell & Cannon Press). Rev. Sekou discusses the Prophetic Tradition of the Black Church and its role in holding President Barack Obama accountable. Rev. Sekou also addresses homophobia and hip-hop in the context of the Black church.
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Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University.
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