Monthly Archives: October 2010

Beyond the Sacrificial Good Woman: Black Feminism and Freethought

By Sikivu Hutchinson In the 1997 film The Apostle Robert Duvall plays a white Southern Christian fundamentalist preacher and murderer on the lam seeking redemption. The film is literally cluttered with images of devout blacks, from black women swaying in … Continue reading

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Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics and the Values Wars

Forthcoming By Sikivu Hutchinson As one of the most religious and racially segregated communities in the U.S., African Americans generally view atheism as a form of race betrayal. Socially conservative on abortion, same sex marriage and church/state separation, the Black … Continue reading

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