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 […]
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Welcome to the second conversation in our series, “The Moment of Now.” Happy Pride Month and Juneteenth! In this episode Tommy, Olivia and Becka talk with Dr. Obery Hendricks. This conversation helps to challenge us as we think about the “Left” and the “Right,” as we use these terms to stake out political sides, what are
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In this episode, Christopher and Maggie talk to Dr. Obery M. Hendricks about his book Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith. This conversation was wide-ranging. We talked about everything from what Jesus said is the root of the gospel, abortion, gun rights, and Donald Trump and the January
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In his new book, Christians Against Christianity, best-selling author and religious scholar Obery M. Hendricks Jr. challenges right-wing evangelicals on the terrain of their own religious claims, exposing the falsehoods, contradictions, and misuses of the Bible that are embedded in their rabid homophobia, their poorly veiled racism and demonizing of immigrants and Muslims, and their
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As an African American native of Chicago, having been an elected official in the Deep South, this is going to be my take on politics. 2021 Black Podcast Awards Nominee for Best Black Political Podcast. Listen to the podcast here: On American Spirituality and The Black Church Featuring Dr. Obery Hendricks
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Doug Pagitt sits down with Dr. Obery Hendricks Jr. to talk about his new book Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith. Dr. Obery Hendricks, Jr, who Cornel West calls, “one of the last few grand prophetic intellectuals,” is a lifelong activist and arguably the most influential African American
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From the moment of his announcement that he was running for the presidency Donald Trump directed his efforts towards courting white evangelicals with racist and anti-immigrant sentiments. But he didn’t start this trend, he simply hopped on a bandwagon that had been gaining speed for years. Author, scholar, and ordained minister Obery Hendricks and I
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Episode 53: Dr Obery Hendricks is a life long social activist, he is one of the foremost commentators on the intersection of religion and political economy in America, and one of the most widely read and influential African American biblical scholars writing today. In this wonderful, challenging and insightful conversation we discuss his most recent
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Today is Martin Luther King Day in the United States. As a follower of Jesus, Dr. King was tireless in his efforts to live a faithful witness in the public square. Today’s episode is dedicated to his memory. Today we welcome lifelong social activist, Dr. Obery Hendricks. One of today’s foremost commentators on the intersection
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Obery Hendricks on Dangerous Dogma In episode 32 of Dangerous Dogma, Obery Hendricks, a visiting research scholar at Columbia University, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith. He also discusses Donald Trump’s visit to First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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