If the numerous think-pieces and essays on “Coloring Book” were any indication, one could surmise that Chance’s popularity was in part because of his public embrace of his faith, not despite it.
Joshua L. Lazard
Joshua L. Lazard, the inaugural C. Eric Lincoln Minister at Duke Chapel, is a graduate of the Interdenominational Theological Center. He is also a musician, and an armchair cultural critic in the area of race, religion and politics with the hope of advancing both the community and humanity at large. He goes by the online moniker of The Uppity Negro.
