Known only to each other, they have walked among us, invisible and
undetected for years. But now, the secret is out Atheists exist in
the African American community. In the African American community
there is an unspoken rule to never air dirty laundry in public, and
for years the inner workings of the black community stayed hidden
beneath a veil of dark silence, but with integration came a
mingling of the races and now few secrets remain. Now, there is one
less. Not only do black nonbelievers exist, they walk unnoticed
among the "true-believers" along with a host of other religious
skeptics and freethinkers.
Until now, any hints of atheism or freethought in the African
American community have remained virtually invisible, camouflaged
by indignant denial and indistinct expressions, such as secularist,
nontheist, skeptic or humanist among others which help conceal
clear atheistic, agnostic or freethought connections which are
certainly not conventional and clearly go against black mainstream
thinking. Despite more than 90% of African Americans claiming
Christianity, "Black and Not Baptist" explores how there is a
significant chasm between belief and behavior with a searing look
at the statistics for adultery, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, gambling
and other social problems in both the white and black communities.
In the manner of "Norm Allen's African American Humanism: An
Anthology," "Black and Not Baptist" exposes another side of the
black religious experience with the individual stories of black
atheists and agnostics, including a historical and current listing
of black freethinkers and nonbelievers similar to Warren Allen
Smith's Who's Who in Hell.
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