“Whosoever Will”: Black Theology, Homosexuality, and the Black Political Church

The Expanding Boundaries of Black Politics: Volume 11

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages 137-156

  Shaw, Todd C ^a   McDaniel, Eric L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315131924-15     Document Type: Chapter

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