The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the p…

Michael Eric Dyson
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The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate. ✨ Michael Eric Dyson (1996). Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture, Oxford University Press, USA
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