There has been, in my mind, a growing trend in Black America for the last 40-odd years: the rise in secularism amongst Blackamericans. By this I refer to the increasing tendency for Blackamericans to make religion, be it Islam or Christianity, irrelevant to their daily lives, public or private (I say private as [...]
:: February 13, 2010 ::
If You’re Not Part of the Solution, You’re Part of the Problem
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Tags: american islam, aqiqah, black america, black christianity, black culture, black families, black muslims, blackamerican muslims, blackamericans, Civil Rights Movement, divorce, ethics, incarceration, liberalism, liberals, morals, private morality, public morality, religious institutions, secularism, single-mothers, single-parenting, single-parents, white america, white supremacy
Tags: american islam, aqiqah, black america, black christianity, black culture, black families, black muslims, blackamerican muslims, blackamericans, Civil Rights Movement, divorce, ethics, incarceration, liberalism, liberals, morals, private morality, public morality, religious institutions, secularism, single-mothers, single-parenting, single-parents, white america, white supremacy
:: January 20, 2010 ::
Religion and Secularism: A Conversation with Robert Bellah
The following are a series of Youtube videos which feature famed sociologist Robert Bellah in conversation with Mark Juergensmeyer, professor of global and international studies as well as sociology and religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In it, professor Bellah provides an number of worthwhile insights on the topics of secularism, religion, [...]
