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Podcast: Conspirituality
Episode: Brief: Antifascist Christianity: Black Jesus (Pt. 1)
Description: In this first installment of Antifascist Christianity: Black Jesus, Matthew revisits Dietrich Bonhoefferâs journey from the theological classrooms of Berlin to the Black churches of Harlem â where he encountered a Jesus entirely unlike the imperial figure of his upbringing. Bonhoeffer arrived in New York a servant of white European Christendom, and left transformed by the radical, suffering, and liberatory presence of Black Jesus.
Matthew connects Bonhoefferâs awakening to todayâs spectacle of white nationalism in worship â from the triumphalist religion on display at Charlie Kirkâs memorial to the enduring cultural power of âwhite Jesusâ as theology for...