Lift High the Cross: Where White Supremacy and the Christian Right Converge. By Ann Burlein. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2002. 282 pp. $18.95

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“…The diverse content of the category of practice of “the Black Church” draws on versions of collective memory (Halbwachs 1992 [1925]) to produce groups that exist as imagined communities (Anderson 1998). Burlein (2002:4) aptly describes this process of religious group identity formation connected to social action, noting that “religious symbols and rituals, texts and practices, institutions and moods help form identity and subjectivity… by shaping how people remember their histories, orient themselves within particular identities, and invest in their world.” In this sense, “the Black Church” can also be thought of as a tradition , which Gorski describes “a culture that is self‐conscious of its past.” As with other political, national, and religious traditions and collective identities, the meaning of “the Black Church” is “forged and tested through historical experience and collective debate” (Gorski 2017:4).…”

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Race, Religion, and Global Solidarities: W. E. B. Du Bois and “The Black Church” as a Contested Category

Baumann

2023

Scientific Study of Religion

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W.E.B. Du Bois was thoroughly ambivalent about the political significance of American Black churches regarding their role in challenging racial inequality. He saw them as integral to Black social life, but also as failing to live up to their potential as drivers of liberation. And, while he focused primarily on Black churches within the United States, Du Bois was also committed to Black liberation on a global level. This suggests great potential for applying DuBois’ analyses of Black religion to the question of transnational religious and racial solidarities and the global political salience of “the Black Church” as a category. In this context, this article explores the significance of DuBois’ work for analyzing the category of “the Black Church.” It does so through a comparative case study of African American Christian engagement with the issue of Israel and Palestine, with four case studies ranging from African American Christian Zionists to Palestinian solidarity activists. Across these cases, the analysis highlights the ways that the history, identity, and mission of “the Black Church” are invoked in the context of Palestine and Israel. It argues that “the Black Church” is best understood as a contested category of collective religious and racial identity.

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Section: “The Black Church” As a Contested Categorymentioning

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Race, Religion, and Global Solidarities: W. E. B. Du Bois and “The Black Church” as a Contested Category

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2023

Scientific Study of Religion

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Lift High the Cross: Where White Supremacy and the Christian Right Converge. By Ann Burlein. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2002. 282 pp. $18.95

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Race, Religion, and Global Solidarities: W. E. B. Du Bois and “The Black Church” as a Contested Category

Race, Religion, and Global Solidarities: W. E. B. Du Bois and “The Black Church” as a Contested Category

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