Roy Whitaker

Listening as Hosts

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Listening as Hosts is a first-rate pastoral primer in the self-examination and praxis required for white churches in North America to help end racism. Sam Codington, deftly blending personal testimonies with contemporary postcolonial scholarship, strengthens the book’s urgent message. Codington convincingly shows that countering Eurocentric liturgies involves listening more acutely to issues black, indigenous, and other people of color and women encounter living in white-dominated spaces. Curating responsive rituals must start today.”

Toward Afrodiasporic and Afrofuturist Philosophies of Religion

Philosophy

“Toward Afrodiasporic and Afrofuturist Philosophies of Religion is an imaginative and illuminating must-read primer for anyone interested in indigenous religious philosophies. The volume offers a compelling challenge to well-worn Eurocentric approaches to and presuppositions about ‘religion.’ Burgeoning fields like hip hop spirituality and controversial viewpoints on gender/sexuality are reappraised through a decolonial lens. The array of assembled essays signal, perhaps more importantly, the long-lasting vitality of the ancestors on present-day scholarship.”