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William D. Hart

William David Hart is associate professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. He is a critical theorist of religion whose interests encompass religion, ethics and politics, as well as African American religious thought. His latest book is Black Religion: Malcolm X, Julius Lester, and Jan Willis (2008).

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Religion Dispatches
On the 40th anniversary of his assassination, we honor Martin Luther King by refusing to ask: “What would King think?”
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Religion Dispatches
There is a temptation to regard Obama’s inauguration as the end of a forty year “wilderness” experience, but symbolism and symmetry can only take us so far. We, as citizens, are going to need to hold Obama accountable.
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Religion Dispatches
By all accounts, Obama finds anti-Muslim bigotry offensive. Yet, his behavior during the current presidential campaign leaves a bad taste in the mouth of Muslims and in the mouths of us who believe that openness to the religious others is what America must mean.
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