n>The Reverend Bryan Massingale stands at the front of a small conference room on Fordham University’s Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx. He is teaching a course on African American religious ethics and begins the day’s lesson with a question: “What have religious ethicists said about Black love?” It is December 2019 and we are in Duane Library where he teaches. He continues without interruption: “White supremacy impacts the way we love.” Some of the students are quickly typing notes on their laptops, others nodding in approval. Like everyone in attendance, I am enthralled. For almost 20 minutes, he lectures but does not proselytize, and concludes by asking his students to ponder: “How do we have conversations about what it means to love and be loved as Black people? What would it mean to prioritize Black love in the context of Christianity?” Read Full Article »