Reflections on the Problem of the "Black Church"
2,026 views · Published 26 March 2014 · 1:08:51 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
Curtis J. Evans, assistant professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School discusses the construct of the "Black church" in the United States. He argues that despite social and political portrayals of a monolithic Black church, there is a tremendous diversity of religious, social, and political beliefs found in the religious institutions that African Americans frequent.
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