The Trump campaign has made us all too familiar with the ideology of Christian Nationalism, with its violent rhetoric and racist undertones. Far less well-known, though, is the tradition of Black Christian Nationalism, a radical social and religious movement founded by Rev. Albert Cleage, Jr., in civil-rights-era Detroit.On this episode, associate editor Griffin Oleynick speaks with writer Aaron Robertson, author of <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604981/theblackutopians">The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in Americ</a>a. Blending history and memoir, Robertson’s book traces the untold story of Black Christian Nationalism while grappling with a question: what does Utopia look like in black?For further reading: <ul>
<li>Tia Noelle Pratt on <a href="https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/authentically-black-truly-catholic">Black Catholic parishes</a>
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<li>Shannen Dee Williams on <a href="https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/noschools-nochurches">Black nuns in Baltimore</a>
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<li>Gary Dorrien on the theology of <a href="https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/making-raphael-warnock">Sen. Raphael Warnock</a>
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