“It ain’t that I don’t care, it’s that I don’t really care.”

-Bishop Glen A. Staples

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We live in a strange time, at least that’s what the story of the praise break reminds us.

It’s the tale of an ecstatic dance rooted deep in race, religion and American history. It traveled centuries of oppression and made its way to present times where it’s been rejected by today’s social elites.

Maybe because it looks crazy? Or maybe it’s dismissed because it unearths some dark reality that we’re not comfortable dealing with? You be the judge.

 

Show Notes:

1. [03:03] “Clap Hands” by Tom Waits
2. [03:20] “Temple of Praise ~ Praise Break”
3. [04:45] The Temple of Praise
4. [05:10] @bishopstaples
5. [08:20] “Parade Shoes” by Blue Dot Sessions
6. [09:40] “Slow Strutt” by Blue Dot Sessions
7. [14:00] @cornelwest
8. [14:02] More on the late Marion Barry (Washington Post, 2014)
9. [14:04] @tdjakes
10. [14:06] Pastor Sherman Watkins
11. [17:10] “When We Set Out” by Blue Dot Sessions
12. [20:35] Dr. Harold Dean Trulear
13. [21:10] The Triangular Trade
14. [21:25] “The Silver Hatch” by Blue Dot Sessions
15. [21:45] On Rudyard Kipling’s White Man’s Burden (Wikipedia)
16. [22:00] More on slaves and Christianity (Christianity Today, 2014)
17. [22:10] And another worthy read (PBS, 2004)
18. [23:30] “Shout” by the Isley Brothers
19. [25:00] On Daniel Alexander Payne and the African Methodist Episcopal Church (Wikipedia)
20. [25:38] “Transit Vidal” by Blue Dot Sessions
21. [26:25] “Oh Happy Day” by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
    1. Another video of Mahalia Jackson worth watching
22. [26:40] “How I Got Over” by Mahalia Jackson
23. [28:28] “Streamer” by Blue Dot Sessions
24. [29:53] Joshua Lazard
25. [31:15] C. Erick Lincoln
26. [31:20] The Uppity Negro
    1. A recent sermon Lazard gave on the praise break
27. [31:40] “This is Why Folks Don’t Take Church Seriously”
28. [35:05] Related: Neil Postman writes on this topic in his book “Amusing Ourselves to Death”
29. [35:20] Joel Osteen on 60 Minutes (CBS News, 2007)
30. [35:30] The Real Preachers of Atlanta
31. [40:45] “Is God a White Racist?”
32. [42:45] On Rachel Dolezal. (Vanity Fair, 2015)
33. [48:10] Send your thoughts, questions or complaints to [email protected].