Gods, Gays, and Guns - by Osagyefo Sekou (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Democracy and god have failed" captures the spirit of this provocative collection of essays on gay marriage, economic justice, and social movements. With an unflinching pen, Rev. Osagyefo Sekou challenges the reader to rethink the meaning of the role of religion in our global democracy in this spiritual tour-de-force.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>"Democracy and god have failed" captures the spirit of this provocative collection of essays. Arguing that the religion must be used for the expansion of democracy, Gods, Gays, and Guns takes up the topics of gay marriage, economic justice, and social movements. Written in Parisian cafes, London's ghettos, and the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake and post-Katrina New Orleans, Gods, Gays, and Guns is a spiritual tour-de-force, revealing a crisis of faith in religion and democracy. With an unflinching pen, Rev. Osagyefo Sekou challenges the reader to rethink the meaning of the role of religion in our global democracy.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Rev. Sekou is one of the most courageous and prophetic voices of our time. His allegiance to the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. is strong, and his witness is real. Don't miss this book!" </p><p>-- Cornel West, Harvard University, author of <em>Race Matters</em></p><p>"<em>Gods, Gays, and Guns</em> is a powerful and provocative manifesto that challenges old perceptions about race, sexuality, gender, and power. Its theoretical brilliance is complemented by the author's accessible literary style and eloquence in the theological arguments advanced in this critical study. <em>Gods, Gays, and Guns</em> offers a visionary, black liberationist theology for addressing the great challenges facing America and the world in an era of war, racism, and violence. Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou has produced a monumental treatise that offers hope and courage, not only for the oppressed, but all humanity." </p><p>-- Manning Marable, author of <em>Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention</em></p><p>"This is a hopeful book. The 'occupy' movement has stirred awareness here in America and elsewhere that we may be on the threshold of momentous change. But where will the fresh ideas, the leadership and, most importantly, the sustaining spirit for such a change originate? Rev. Sekou's energetic, thoughtful and engaging book begins to answer some of these questions, and indeed the author himself embodies some of those answers." </p><p>-- Harvey Cox, Harvard University</p><p>"The essays in <em>Gods, Gays, and Guns</em> are the result of deep immersion, in suffering and struggle, yes, but also in the ideas, political, theological, artistic, and above all democratic, that may make a difference. Sekou gives us something rarer and more valuable: a book of powerful questions." </p><p>-- Jeff Sharlet, author of <em>The Family</em> </p><p> </p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Reverend Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou is an emerging leader in the new Civil Rights Movement and an acclaimed activist, theologian, author, documentary filmmaker, and musician. Sekou was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University's Martin Luther King Education and Research Institute at the time of Michael Brown Jr.'s killing, and traveled to Ferguson in mid-August 2014 on behalf of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the country's oldest interfaith peace organization, to organize alongside local and national groups. With the Deep Abiding Love Project, he has helped trained over five thousands activists in militant nonviolent civil disobedience through the United States. Born in St. Louis and raised in the rural Arkansas Delta, Sekou has studied at the New School, Union Theological Seminary, and Harvard University. He lectures widely, including at Princeton University, Harvard Divinity School, the University of Virginia, University of Paris IV - La Sorbonne, and Vanderbilt University. He is a former Professor of Preaching in the Graduate Theological Urban Studies Program at the Seminary Consortium of Urban Pastoral Education, Chicago. In May 2017, Sekou released his debut solo album, In Times Like These. Recorded at the storied Zebra Ranch Studio, a barn in Coldwater, Mississippi, the album features the six-time Grammy nominated North Mississippi Allstars.
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