REL 399 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Social Reality, Black Church
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Sunday morning at 11 o"clock is the most segregated hour of the week in america (winter. Religion of the oppressed and coded messages: the black spiritual. Would not burry the whites with the blacks (graveyard). The black diasporic christian expression is a synthesis of white religion and black experience, developing its unique feature and character through times. Slave religion was not a simple adaptation of christianity; it was a reworked christianity that had its own character, style, and outlook. Much of the black church today has been influenced by this heritage. There needs to be a trust that needs to be regained. Need to understand different dynamics where people are coming from. When we try to empathize with others, we need to place ourselves as vulnerable learners. This is missing in many people in their research. Not being humble enough to be vulnerable and to learn. Many times we have much more to learn than actually to teach.
