Both black and white churches are guilty of promoting passive suffering in the African American community. Black church faith focuses on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus. All aspects of Jesus' identity are important elements in its understanding of redemption. But the suffering and death of Jesus receive special emphasis in the songs, sermons, and prayers of black Christians. This emphasis often leads to the passive acceptance of suffering, which male preachers have exploited to the detriment of women. White preachers and theologians have been particularly adept in
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