By This We Know
The Chicago-based rap duo Verbal Kwest explore the Bible’s commandments of love in their latest release, Lovkwest. On seven tracks, pastor-rappers J.Kwest (Julian DeShazier) and BreevEazie (Anthony Lowery) unleash words of wisdom and passion over intricate beats, speaking of God’s great embrace in a year of immense loss. Verbal Kwest.
The Longitudes
“The history of Christianity is one of cultural appropriation,” Phuc Luu says in his debut Jesus of the East: Reclaiming the Gospel for the Wounded. Drawing on traditions of the Eastern church, Luu dislodges the West’s dominance over much of Christianity, highlighting how the faith doesn’t belong solely to Europeans. Herald Press.
Hear Our Prayer
Often shut out of religious institutions, Black trans, nonbinary, and intersex people of faith are provided space in The Black Trans Prayer Book. Edited by poet J Mase III and writer-performer Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, this set of prayers, poetry, and more pushes back against transphobia and white supremacy. The Black Trans Prayer Book.
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