Explore the of John Marrant.

The Gospel of John Marrant examines how African diaspora religious practices deeply informed the life and ministry of North America’s first black ordained minister, the Rev. John Marrant. This pathbreaking study offers new perspectives on colonial worlds of encounter and transformation and reframes understandings of early Black religion.

I Know It Was Prophetic Initiation and Retributive Justice in the Narratives of John Marrant, Nat Turner, and Frederick Douglass

  • Journal of Africana Religions 7, no. 2
  • 2024
  • p. 234-54

This article discusses how West African religious traditions influenced early African American Christian beliefs. It focuses on the symbols of wilderness and blood in the life stories of John Marrant, Nat Turner, and Frederick Douglass to explain how these figures understood the Bible in a way shaped more by African spirituality than by European Christianity. By repeating certain biblical themes and symbols, they created a unique tradition of interpreting the Bible—an early form of storytelling that not widely recognized in Black Church history.

"It Takes a Nation of to Hold Us Back”

  • St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture, 1st Edition
  • St. James Press
  • 2018

This article explores It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, the groundbreaking 1988 album by Public Enemy, within the broader context of hip-hop culture. It examines the album’s impact on music, politics, and social activism, analyzing its dense production, politically charged lyrics, and influence on later hip-hop artists.

 
 

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