Obery M. Hendricks, Jr.

A lifelong social activist, Obery Hendricks is one of the foremost commentators on the intersection of religion and political economy in America. He is the most widely read and perhaps the most influential African American biblical scholar writing today.

Obery Hendricks on Momentum_ A Race Forward Podcast

Obery Hendricks on Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

Obery Hendricks, Ph.D., one of the most influential Black biblical scholars writing today, and Race Forward’s Chief of Staff Charlene Sinclair, Ph.D., who herself fashions strategies that embrace a liberationist approach to faith and spirituality for racial and economic justice, discuss the immediacy of pushing back against the spread of Christian Nationalism and the urgency

Obery Hendricks on Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast Read More »

Obery Hendricks on Yass, Jesus!

Christians Against Christianity by Obery Hendricks on Yaas, Jesus!

We speak with Dr. Obery Hendricks, a Biblical scholar at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. His new book Christians Against Christianity discusses the moral roots of the Bible to illustrate the hypocrisy of evangelical right-wing rhetoric, including a chapter on the religious Right’s condemnation of homosexuality and how it runs antithetical to the foundational

Christians Against Christianity by Obery Hendricks on Yaas, Jesus! Read More »

Christians Against Christianity by Obery Hendricks featured on A Crucible of Thought

Christians Against Christianity Review on A Crucible of Thought

Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith” by Obery M. Hendricks The words in Amazon’s description, including “galvanizing,” “scathing,” and “clarion call,” are certainly on point. This will be a “love it or hate it” book, for sure. I’d love to sit down with Dr. Hendricks some time and

Christians Against Christianity Review on A Crucible of Thought Read More »

Obery Hendricks on Saint Augustine's University

Just Faith Event: Speaker Obery Hendricks | Saint Augustine’s University

Obery Hendricks on Saint Augustine’s University. The Just Chapel Series engages the world through five major themes of social justice: Racial Justice, Economic Justice, Gender Justice, LGBTQ+ Justice, and Environmental Justice. Both community activists and international scholars will lead us through these themes within our complex, diverse, and rapidly changing world. Learn more about this

Just Faith Event: Speaker Obery Hendricks | Saint Augustine’s University Read More »