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Reading Black Books (Beloved)

Episode 76 • June 22, 2022

On the latest TC podcast, Josh talks to Claude about his new book, which looks at classic African-American literature through a Christian lens.

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Reading Black Books: How African American Literature Can Make Our Faith More Whole and Just.

Claude at the Glen Workshop.

Claude on Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.

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Claude Atcho serves as the pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesville, Va. He has previously served as a church planter and an adjunct English professor in Boston, Mass. He is the author of Reading Black Books: How African American Literature Can Make Our Faith More Whole and Just. Follow him on Twitter @claudeatcho.

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Josh Larsen is senior producer for Think Christian and host/producer of the TC podcast. He's also the co-host of Filmspotting, as well as the author of Movies Are Prayers and Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies. You can connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, and Letterboxd.

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