Rejecting the Negro Pew

Urban Mix-and-Match Religion Didn't Start with Nick Cannon
Why this 'new spirituality' is really just old-fashioned syncretism.
Ernest Cleo Grant II
While syncretism occurs in every context, it takes a different shape in the inner city. Urban religious syncretism is often a fusion of Egyptian Mysticism, ahistorical documentaries, urban folk religions, misunderstood Christian doctrine, unbiblical pan-African rhetoric, and countless other falsehoods. continue reading >>

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