
<h2>Africana Spiritualities of
Liberation in Historical and Contemporary Perspective</h2>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Popular Africana Spiritualities of
Resistance</h3>
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<h3>Artists such as Kanye West have appropriated - and in some cases
reinterpreted - Christian ideas and images.</h3>
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<h3>Consider the symbolism involved in this image from the 9 February
2006 issue of Rolling
Stone.&nbsp; In what ways might this use of such symbolism be
considered theologically problematic?</h3>
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<h3>In what ways might this image be commenting on the nature of
suffering, salvation, redemption, and American life? Is West's implicit
message similar to that forwarded by Henry McNeal Turner?</h3>
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<h3>Have other American artists claimed, or been assigned by their
fans, messianic status?</h3>
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<h3>Could it be argued that the roles of African American religious
officials, social activists, politicians, and artists have
significantly overlapped from the 18th to the 21st centuries?</h3>
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<p id="caption">Photo by David LaChapelle for <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/covers/_/year/2006">Rolling Stone</a><br />
 © 9 February 2006.&nbsp; All Rights Reserved.</p>
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