Front Porch Strategy: Sacred Space and Demonic Grounds
In this article, I reflect on southern front porches, black feminist geographies, and sacred space in the wake of Baton Rouge police storming protesters on Lisa Batiste’s front porch. Front Porch Strategy: Sacred Space and Demonic Grounds by Laura McTighe Religion in American History | July 31, 2016 “We believe in the revolutionary things that happen on a southern front porch.” It was mid-December, but that affirmation hung in the air like humidity in July. Three and a half-years prior, on May 29, […]
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