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for those who think they speak “Christian” fluently, the faith itself is often misunderstood and distorted by many to whom it is seemingly very familiar.
“The First Noble Truth invites us to welcome our wounds and meet our suffering with courage and compassion”
― Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom
― Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom
“Free Black” is a grammatical and syntactical battlefield upon which dead bodies—Trayvon Martin, Renisha McBride, Michael Brown, among countless others—are displayed. We can also call this disaster the “metaphysical holocaust,” as Frantz Fanon describes it. It is the systemic and relentless wiping out of black cosmologies, histories, and frames of reference/orientation.”
― Ontological Terror: Blackness, Nihilism, and Emancipation
― Ontological Terror: Blackness, Nihilism, and Emancipation
“White culture is not marked by its uniquely creative and enriching social contributions. Rather, it is distinguished by its ability to promote the sanctity of whiteness by devaluing that which is non-White.”
― Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective
― Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective
“Jesus was not a theologian. He was God who told stories.”
― Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
― Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
“fact, the more a white person was exposed to the cultural idea of the white christ, the more despicably they treated Blacks.”
― God Is a Black Woman
― God Is a Black Woman
Corey Brown’s 2025 Year in Books
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