CenterChurch&Prison

A center for the study of religion & penal reform. Focus on research, resource and solution development.

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A public presentation/discussion to commemorate the 250th ann. of the United States: Frederick Douglass Vs. Thomas Jefferson: Exploring their philosophies & epistemology. Monday, July 20th at the Shaw-Roxbury public lib. in Roxbury/Boston. Time: 5:30PM.
https://t.co/y4eJ6xI9pY

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Recognition of the harms of the transatlantic slave trade as "Gravest crimes against humanity." First the United Nations, then France, and now the Roman Catholic Church.
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Zoom recording of last night discussion on: "The Transatlantic Slave Trade, its Mutations and the Calls for Reckoning."
Very insightful and informative.
https://t.co/PiNUGA5IPA

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You are welcome to the 175th session of the New England Annual Conf. of the AME church. It is an honor to be one of the host pastors with my church.
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It was an inspiring Easter service at St. James AME Church in Danbury. Thanks to everyone in-person and online. "He who has started this good thing shall certainly perfect it." Fear not
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"The Black Experience" and "Black Diamonds" from "The Rush for Black Diamonds," Vols. 1&2.
@blackvoices
@BlackHistory_1
@GlobeEducation
@ThomasJefferson
@JohnLockeNC
@JohnLockeInst
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Thank you New Orleans for recognizing the work we do!
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Black History Month Discussion on "The Rush for Black Diamonds," Vols. 1&2. Brings together Black leaders in Boston for a com. discussion. "Black Diamonds" refers to enslaved Black Africans & the philosophical support by Locke, Jefferson, Kant, Hume, etc. https://t.co/y4eJ6xI9pY

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"Reformist Prison Theology: God the Slave. God the Prisoner."- from "The Rush for Black Diamonds," Vol. 2.
A theological analysis of mass incarceration- the high rates of prisoner deaths, penal industrialization & penal harshness in the US & the UK. https://t.co/7CTEfWKPuK

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A Black History Resource:
"The Rush for Black Diamonds," Vols. 1 & 2
https://t.co/uK3h1hU8OU

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"The Rush for Black Diamonds," Vols. 1&2. It shows the trafficking, and breeding of Black humanity with impunity by the superpowers of the human trade: the transatlantic slave trade into Chattel slavery into Colonial slavery into Penal Slavery: post 1970 https://t.co/y4eJ6xIHfw

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How philosophy, religion, and race built the transatlantic slave trade into chattel slavery into colonial slavery into penal slavery-mass incarceration. "The Rush for Black Diamonds," Vols. 1&2. Important Black History Month resources.
https://t.co/y4eJ6xIHfw

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At the American Academy of Religion 2025 Conference in Boston with my publisher and the release of "The Rush for Black Diamonds, Volume Two."
https://t.co/y4eJ6xIHfw

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Half the price up to Nov. 30th.
The publishers: Cascade Books/Wipf and Stock are selling "The Rush for Black Diamonds" Volumes One and Two for half the usual prices as an AAR special-ending Nov. 30th
https://t.co/1qsVy5XYeo

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It is Out!
The second volume of a two-volume book. It will be formally released tomorrow Saturday, at the American Academy of Religion's 2025 conference in Boston at the Hynes Convention Center-Booth 318.
https://t.co/1qsVy5XYeo

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Coming Soon! "The Rush for Black Diamonds," Vol. Two. Chattel Slavery to Penal Slavery in the US and the UK 1865- to Post-1970. Focus on White Supremacy, Colonialism, Prison Theology, and Penal Ethics. Read More: https://t.co/5aJd5wnIM5

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Looking forward to today's presentation from "The Rush for Black Diamonds," Vol. One: An exploration of the philosophical justifications of the transatlantic slave trade & its mutation into chattel slavery, focus on John Locke & Thomas Jefferson.
https://t.co/y4eJ6xI9pY

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Interview about "The Rush for Black Diamonds," Vol. One.
https://t.co/wPkE0Lbsbz

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Black History Month and the history of the "Black Experience." From the transatlantic slave trade to chattel slavery and slave breeding: "The Rush for Black Diamonds," Vol. One
https://t.co/RUyWFVFeH8

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Private Property and Blacks' Enslavement.
Discussion on "The Rush for Black Diamonds," Vol. One.

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