Editors note: This is probably going to be one of my longer posts, maybe not, depends on how quickly I work it out. But if I go over my standard 1,500 characters so be it. So go get get the tea, coffee or print this bad boy out because I’m here until it’s done. A […]
Read more "UNN.com Throwback Week — Being Black and Dealing With Postcolonialism in a Postmodern World"Hot off the press from tonight, the latest in news to affect the institutional Black Church, both old and new, has been the lawsuit against Bishop Eddie Long of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church of Lithonia, Georgia. This seems to be yet another brick chipped away in already bruised and battered institutional Black Church. […]
Read more "And The Walls Come Tumba’ling Down: The Religious Politics of Eddie Long"This past Tuesday this country saw yet another image of a fractured Republican party and a Democratic Party failing to capitalize on the political jackpot this is for them in the upcoming November elections. The Tea Party has yet again reared its ugly head. The headline story has been on now Republican nominee from the […]
Read more "Democracy or Theocracy: The Separation of Church and State"Let it be noted here, that this uppity Negro said it early on: there will be a Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin ticket in the future–very possibly in 2012. Either one as a president, although I do think Beck is a chauvinist and it would certainly be a lot for him to play second fiddle to Sarah […]
Read more "The Gospel According to Glenn Beck and Other Protest Rallies"I really sometimes stand in awe of the political memory of the collective American people. I still stand that in general we don’t remember from week to week barely what happens at the intersection of politics, economics, religion and the general social climate of the day. Those of us who do keep up and try […]
Read more "When Religious Freedom Affects “Real Americans”: The Mosque Near Ground Zero"I remember as a kid, interested in music, gospel music at that, that it was normal that I would turn on the radio on Sunday and listen to the music. I actually went so far as to record some songs on cassette tapes even before the idea of a CD-ROM being recordable had entered our […]
Read more "“Help! I’m Hearing Voices!”: The Schizophrenia of The Church"I saved this character for last for a certain reason, but for a very important one. That reason is that Uncle Ruckus is the most one-dimensional character that exists on The Boondocks. To true Boondocks enthusiasts the addition of Uncle Ruckus was certainly a shock. Uncle Ruckus was a character that was not in the […]
Read more "A Character Case Study of “The Boondocks”: Uncle Ruckus"Editors note: This is probably going to be one of my longer posts, maybe not, depends on how quickly I work it out. But if I go over my standard 1,500 characters so be it. So go get get the tea, coffee or print this bad boy out because I’m here until it’s done. A […]
Read more "Being Black and Dealing With Postcolonialism in a Postmodern World"The other week on a certain blog, another blogger had contributed a post that spoke to the growing trend secularism within the black community. This particular blogger had taken exception to the one and only Steve Harvey (although can I blame her) concerning a statement he made about black women choosing “a good black man.” […]
Read more "My Encounter With An Atheist, and others who suffer from the I’m The Only Enlightened One Syndrome"The following is a piece entitled “Two Ships Passing in the Night” by Rev. Cleophus LaRue, Ph.D. in the book What’s the Matter with Preaching Today? edited by Mike Graves. LaRue does a piece to address the differences between what is considered black preaching styles and non-black preaching styles. Essentially saying that both sides have […]
Read more "The Four Ways Black Folk Listen to a Sermon"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 