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Wilson’s “Levee’s God” monologue is a pivotal scene from his 1984 play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. It features the character Levee, a talented but volatile trumpeter, confronting divine authority. He unleashes a passionate and furious condemnation of God for allowing systemic racism to inflict suffer...

God Save the Animals is a 2022 studio album by American songwriter and musician Alex G, whose full name is Alexander Giannascoli. Released by Domino Recording Company, it combines indie rock and folk-oriented songwriting with electronic processing, altered vocals, and country-influenced elements. It...

'Margaret's final sermon' is a monologue from The Amen Corner, a play by James Baldwin first produced in 1955. The speaker, Margaret Alexander, is a storefront Pentecostal preacher in Harlem whose authority over her congregation and family is the play's central conflict. In the speech, Margaret wres...

Gilead is a 2004 novel by American writer Marilynne Robinson, presented as a long letter from the elderly Congregationalist minister John Ames to his young son. Set mainly in the fictional town of Gilead, Iowa, in 1956, it reflects on faith, mortality, family history, racial injustice, and forgivene...

Boys Town is a 1938 film depicting the establishment of “Boys Town,” a Nebraska-based home and educational complex created by Father Edward J. Flanagan. The movie features Spencer Tracy in the lead role alongside Mickey Rooney and other actors involved in Flanagan’s work with disadvantaged youth. It...

Muhammad: The Messenger of God depicts the early life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during the sixth century. The film, directed by Majid Majidi, focuses on his formative years with the prophet’s face intentionally concealed. It explores a key period in the development of his teachings and ministr...

"The Christians" is a play by American dramatist Lucas Hnath, first produced in 2014. It follows the pastor of a large evangelical church who tells his congregation that he no longer believes in Hell, prompting resistance from an associate pastor and divisions among church members. Written in the fo...

The Gates of the Forest is a 1964 novel by Romanian-born American writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, first published in French as Les Portes de la forêt. Its central character, Gregor, is a young Hungarian caught in the Second World War who moves through persecution, resistance, and the afte...

"Left to Tell" is a 2006 biographical memoir by Immaculée Ilibagiza that recounts her harrowing survival during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. As a young Tutsi woman, Ilibagiza spent 91 days hiding in a cramped bathroom with seven other women to avoid being killed by Hutu militias. The book details the...

The Gospel is a 2005 American musical drama directed by Rob Hardy. It follows David Taylor, a young man who returns to his father's church in Atlanta after pursuing a career as a recording artist, and centers on family conflict, faith, and reconciliation. The film uses contemporary gospel music as a...

The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church Cooperative operates as a financial cooperative rooted in conservative religious faith. Established within the Plymouth Brethren Christian church network, it offers savings and lending services primarily to its members. This community-based organization provide...