Beyonce https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Beyonce en Does the Right Even Know Why it's so Threatened by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? https://religiondispatches.org/2024/02/14/does-right-even-know-why-its-so-threatened-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce Stop the presses! If you’ve been living in a neighboring cave, you too will know nothing about the latest scandal to shock the masses. According to Google and iconic director Martin Scorsese , American songwriter/singer Taylor Swift is dating NFL… Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:36:07 EST Mary Rambaran-Olm 83a0df14-bf98-4adf-a405-591e68950c40 New Research May Explain the Weakness of Centrism and the Religious Left https://religiondispatches.org/2020/02/11/new-research-may-explain-weakness-centrism-and-religious-left A new profile of the wonderfully foul-mouthed political scientist and rising election prognisticator Rachel Bitecofer describes her theories about voting as “unsettling,” and there’s no question that they’ve been received that way by many. They certainly have caused a stir… Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:30:05 EST Daniel Schultz 1a3e13bf-56a6-4a00-9cb5-34a4d7473840 "Let It Be Glorious": Sunday Night Worship With Chance and Bey at the Grammys https://religiondispatches.org/2017/02/14/let-it-be-glorious-sunday-night-worship-chance-and-bey-grammys When I listen to these albums, it feels like church, it feels like home. Tue, 14 Feb 2017 02:53:06 EST Anita Little f05a37b7-2a6a-4f38-aa22-c074e9b06087 Racial Justice and Queer Masculinity: The Gospel of Frank Ocean https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/27/racial-justice-and-queer-masculinity-gospel-frank-ocean Gospel themes are being increasingly used as a mode of resistance. Thu, 27 Oct 2016 04:00:28 EDT Josiah Daniels 94dc0b9a-76c6-468f-8a70-1899bdf698ef Doing Political Theology In an Election Season: Howard Thurman on Deception https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/03/doing-political-theology-election-season-howard-thurman-deception American elections, as we can see so clearly this season, are exercises in deception. Mon, 03 Oct 2016 01:29:26 EDT Andrew Wilkes 45413e8d-1f8c-43b3-9c3b-3309bb8cfd1d I Met God, She's Black: An Exhibit Makes the Black Female Body a Temple https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/11/i-met-god-shes-black-exhibit-makes-black-female-body-temple The moment I entered the Black Woman is God exhibit in San Francisco’s SOMArts gallery, I knew I was on sacred ground. I found myself treading gingerly, trying not to disturb the spirits of ancestors that seemed to repose in… Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:06:43 EDT Anita Little da16f093-f338-4182-90c6-74a4927c99eb Ten Books to Read After You've Watched "Lemonade" https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/10/ten-books-read-after-youve-watched-lemonade We are living in the end times—or at least, in the post-“Lemonade” era. On April 23, Beyoncé released an hour-long visual album that serves up a tapestry of the experiences of Black women, including their varied religious practices throughout the… Tue, 10 May 2016 12:09:45 EDT Nyasha Junior 5375f816-8509-4394-a50d-b7c988da15a1 Black Women and the Sacred: With "Lemonade," Beyoncé Takes Us to Church https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/03/black-women-and-sacred-lemonade-beyonce-takes-us-church I walked away after seeing Beyoncé’s hour-long visual album, “Lemonade,” with the profound sense that I had “been to church.” And this is no small claim for someone who has devoted her life and work to the academic study of… Tue, 03 May 2016 12:44:38 EDT Yolanda Pierce ace987a1-e798-4302-8799-54243f6c5b3b "Let's Get in Formation": Beyoncé's Spiritual Call for Black Resistance https://religiondispatches.org/2016/02/19/lets-get-formation-beyonces-spiritual-call-black-resistance I don’t like Beyoncé in the way that some people do—I am not a bee in the hive. I do, however, recognize greatness when I see it, and Beyoncé’s “Formation” is just that. Beyonce’s African and “Creole” ancestors haunt the… Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:55:05 EST Yazmine Nichols 012b2809-ab1e-41b6-8fff-661b075217ae The Bindi Isn’t Indie https://religiondispatches.org/2016/02/11/bindi-isnt-indie Et tu, Beyoncé? #ReclaimtheBindi wants to challenge cultural appropriation of traditional symbols. Thu, 11 Feb 2016 03:41:52 EST Yesenia Vargas 03195ec3-556b-4012-99ca-09b42bc2f5df David Brat, Theological Conundrum https://religiondispatches.org/2014/06/13/david-brat-theological-conundrum First question: does Brat intend to legislate his religious beliefs if elected? Second question: what are those beliefs exactly? Fri, 13 Jun 2014 07:35:45 EDT Sarah Morice-Brubaker, Bridget O'Brien 44cf751f-eadd-4516-b795-76f39f01bdd4 Why All the Silly Devil Talk Should be Taken Seriously https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/15/why-all-silly-devil-talk-should-be-taken-seriously Conspiracy theories ebb and flow in waves associated with how confident people feel about their social environments. When times are hard and unemployment rates are high, individuals get creative in where they look for explanations. It is no accident that talented, powerful, popular, and rich African American male rappers, along with female artists, are being targeted by these claims. Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:10:13 EST Ebony Utley 4a40e9f9-bf19-4e75-80d2-bf3227875170 Sarah Vowell’s The Wordy Shipmates: The Problem with Popularization https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/17/sarah-vowells-wordy-shipmates-problem-popularization While the history of popularization is a history of regular folk learning about other regular revolutionizing folk and imitating them, comic book histories like The Wordy Shipmates do their part in ensuring that the next generation knows more about Beyoncé than Byzantium. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:24:54 EDT Kathryn Lofton 680eba39-4b3c-40d4-b2dd-f5a3c4f3a683 Media Overplays Rihanna Concert Coverup https://religiondispatches.org/2009/01/07/media-overplays-rihanna-concert-coverup Really, is it such big news when a Western performer wears a longer skirt to conform to different cultural standards? Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:33:59 EST Fatemeh Fakhraie c1f885d6-f75c-4edc-a2d7-9a0b86b9f183