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Christian Theology Still Useful to Black Movement
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
15 Feb 2021
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Margaret Kimberley · Christian Theology Still Useful to Black Movement

A progressive, liberationist theology can be useful to movements against both domestic politic repression and US imperial wars, said Dr Vincent Lloyd, professor of theology and Africana Studies at Villanova University. “Christianity has resources within it to think about prison abolition and police abolition,” said Lloyd.

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