Welcome to the grand opening of the Gospel for the Culture Public Library.

For years, D. Danyelle Thomas has written publicly about faith, race, history, culture, and the stories that shape human life. Now the page becomes embodied—spoken, breathed, and offered aloud.

Each episode is a literary essay performed as a public lecture for people who want company while they think. There is no weekly race against the algorithm here. No demand that you agree. No promise to tell you what to think.

Instead, this library asks us to reconsider: the stories we inherited as history, patriotism, common sense, doctrine, and truth; the systems we have confused with God; and the questions we were taught were too dangerous to ask.

Danyelle’s work begins with a simple moral concern: What do our beliefs do to actual human beings?

You do not have to think like her. You are simply invited to think with her.

Welcome in.

In this episode of Gospel #ForTheCulture, Danyelle (@UnfitChristian) talks about the intersection of faith + gender + sexuality by revisiting the story of Ruth, Naomi, & Boaz, unpacking her own experiences in purity culture, and thinking aloud about the ways we can shape healthier narratives around sex as believers.

In this episode of Gospel #ForTheCulture, Danyelle (@UnfitChristian) talks about the intersection of faith + gender + sexuality through examining the relationship between Black Queer Men + Black Cisgender Women, Black ballroom culture and the high theater of the church, and framing the ills of capitalism as structural sin.

Blog Post: CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? THE TENSIONS OF BLACK QUEERNESS, WOMANHOOD, & THE CROSS

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Become a Patreon today! For as little as $2 a month, you'll get exclusive bonus content and early access to all new Gospel #ForTheCulture podcast episodes. To subscribe, click here: https://www.patreon.com/UnfitChristian

Get the Gospel #ForTheCulture Devotional from Our Bible app! iOS | Android