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’ve been rather remiss to join the immigration discussion simply because I have mixed feelings and I really don’t want to come off as bigoted and xenophobic. But, the latest round of debates has forced me to attempt to dissect the foolishness that is the conservative meme concerning how to deal with immigrants in this […]
Read more "At The Intersection of Immigration: Politics, Ethics and Religion and the 14th Amendment"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"Look, I’m not always the biggest fan of our Helen Thomas and how she’ll ask a question that’s slightly off topic. Case in point, she’ll ask about Afghanistan and the press conference is about the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, but to be true to my inner skeptic, let’s keep it one-hunned, she asks valid […]
Read more "When Freedom of Speech Doesn’t Go Far Enough: The Helen Thomas Saga"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"I think I’m going to start a new series, not that I’ve been super successful with my others, but alas, here goes. I know it’s pretty doom and gloom to write about the “lack thereof” particularly in the black communities of this country, or even various other cultural observances, but I do believe that if […]
Read more "The Lack Thereof… Intellectual Black Religious Communities"When dealing with the hip-hop generation and most certainly what M.K. Asante, Jr. refers to as the emergence of the post-hip hop generation, one must understand that much of the state of affairs within the inner cities is a result of a systemic governmental policies on the federal, state and local levels. At issue is […]
Read more "Hip Hop and the State of the Black Church, pt. 1"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 