State of the Black Church: Let’s Talk Data with Dr. Korie Little Edwards & Rev. Dr. Bri Parker

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🗓️ 19 March 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Full episode now available. In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table talking to Dr. Korie Little Edwards about the Black Church’s response to the Black Lives Matter movement and what the data says about the church’s mobilization. Dr. Bri Parker comes to the table to talk about real life examples to discuss the practical application of her research to the life and health of the local church. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Pre-order our book! Truth’s Table Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://truthstable.com/book Truth’s Table Discount for Beyond Racial Division by George Yancey: Save 30% off Beyond Racial Division when you order at https://www.ivpress.com/beyond-racial-division using promo code TRUTH22. That’s promo code TRUTH22 at ivpress.com Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/truthstable Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	This episode of Truths Tables brought to you by University Press, whose vision is to catalyze redemption,
0:06.0	restoration, and revival in our divided and broken world. Follow IVP on Twitter at IVPress
0:13.2	and visit IVP's website at www.IVPress.com.
0:18.8	Hey y'all, it's a comedy. I am so excited for us to continue to dive into the State of the
0:26.4	Black Church series, and so these episodes will actually not... some of these episodes may
0:34.7	contain two interviews, right, put together because there was just so many aspects of some of our
0:42.7	conversations that we figured we know we need to bring another expert in to talk about this
0:47.8	dimension and what about this expert for this aspect, you know, of a particular topic that we're
0:53.2	talking about with the State of Black Church. And so this is one such episode, the State of the Black
0:59.1	Church, the data episode or where the numbers reside. We are joined by Dr. Corey Little Edwards and
1:09.7	later we will be joined by Reverend Dr. Breonna Parker, CEO and founder of Black Millennial Cafe.
1:18.9	So let me start off with Dr. Corey Little Edwards just to tell you a little bit about her. Dr.
1:25.0	Corey Little Edwards is associate professor of sociology at the Ohio State University. She is a
1:31.1	leading scholar of race and religion in the United States, past president of the Society for the
1:36.1	Scientific Study of Religion, an international interdisciplinary association, an editor-in-chief
1:43.2	for the journal for the scientific study of religion, an international multidisciplinary academic
1:49.2	journal. She has written several books and articles on multiracial religious organizations. These
1:55.0	include the elusive dream, the power of race in interracial churches and against all odds,
2:00.2	the struggle for racial integration and religious organizations. Dr. Little Edwards most recent
2:05.4	books, smart suits, tattered boots, Black ministers mobilizing the Black Church in the 21st century.
2:11.3	Examines Black religious leaders engagement in the 2012 election to understand their
2:20.6	specific and political participation and mobilization in today's America. Little Edwards is
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