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Far from being anti-religious, faith and spirituality run deep in Black Lives Matter

  • Written by Hebah H. Farrag, Assistant Director of Research, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Far from being anti-religious, faith and spirituality run deep in Black Lives MatterSage burning as a spiritual cleansing ritual is common at Black Lives Matter protests. Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Black Lives Matters (BLM) has been portrayed by its detractors as many things: Marxist, radical, anti-American. Added to this growing list of charges is that it is either irreligious or doing religion wrong.

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