Daniel Bare. Black Fundamentalists: Conservative Christianity and Racial Identity in the Segregation Era. New York: New York University Press, 2021. 272 pp, $30.
I was born and raised in the Pentecostal church, steeped and simmered in the rhythms of the AOG (Assemblies of God) and COGIC (Church of God in Christ) traditions, with all the pains and passions entailed therein. While words like “evangelical” or “fundamentalism” never pinged on our collective radars, I was introduced to both terms during a seminary class, prompting me to rapidly scour the pages of Wikipedia to try and get up to speed. And yet I found that many of the same chords were played, thrumming vibrantly under the surface of the ecclesial foundation I’d inherited. We were taught not to dance or chew, or hang out with folks who do. When I was applying to seminary, I was warned to watch out, lest I lose my salvation.
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