Black Dignity

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Matt Vega talks to Dr. Vincent Lloyd about his new book on the struggle against domination

Demonstrators at a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, 1965. Their placard reads: "We march together, Catholics, Jews, Protestant, for dignity and brotherhood of all men under God, Now!" Photo: Peter Pettus. Source: Library of Congress

 
 

Everything Black includes rage, love, family, futures, magic, revolution, dignity—as suggested in the table of contents for Black Dignity: The Struggle against Domination (Yale University Press, 2022) by Dr. Vincent Lloyd, Director of Africana Studies at Villanova University.

In this episode of OP Talks, Matt Vega talks to Dr, Lloyd about the book, which delineates a new concept of Black dignity, yet one with a long history in Black writing and action, including the philosophy underlying the Black Lives Matter movement. He explores the way Black writers like Frederick Douglass, Langston Hughes, and Audre Lorde have dealt with themes outlined by the items in the table of contents. Dr. Lloyd argues that Black dignity is the paradigm of all dignity.

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“Black Dignity: A Conversation with Vincent W. Lloyd.” Yale University Press, 15 November 2022.

Sirvent, Roberto. “BAR Book Forum: Vincent Lloyd’s Book, “Black Dignity.” Black Agenda Report, 19 October 2022.

Tinner-Williams, Nate. “Interview: Dr. Vincent W. Lloyd, on his new book 'Black Dignity'.” Black Catholic Messenger, 22 November 2022.

Vega, Matthew. “Vincent Lloyd’s Dictionary of Black Dignity.” Sojourners, 22 December 2022.

 

Black Dignity: The Struggle against Domination by Vincent Lloyd (Yale University Press, 2022)

 

“Lloyd powerfully joins a growing and urgent literature on the relationship among civic ideals, political and social morality, racial identity, and the emotions. I suspect Black Dignity will quickly become a fixture in conversations concerning visions of America against the backdrop of racial violence and inequity.”

—Christopher J. Lebron
Author of The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of An Idea

 
 
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Vincent Lloyd

Dr. Vincent W. Lloyd is professor of theology and religious studies and the director of the Center for Political Theology at Villanova University, where he researches and teaches about the philosophy of religion, religion and politics, and race. Dr. Lloyd's publications include Black Dignity: The Struggle Against Domination (Yale University Press, 2022); Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice, and the Abolition of Prisons, with Joshua Dubler (Oxford University Press, 2019); Religion of the Field Negro: On Black Secularism and Black Theology (Fordham University Press, 2017); and Anti-Blackness and Christian Ethics, edited with Andrew Prevot (Orbis, 2017). He coedits the journal Political Theology as well as the book series Transforming Political Theologies, published by Routledge, with Judith Gruber and David True. A second-generation Panamanian-American, Dr. Lloyd is vegan and lives with a partner, two children, and a pit bull in Philadelphia's Powelton neighborhood.

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Matthew Vega

Dr. Matthew Vega is an assistant professor of theology and religious studies at the University of San Diego, where he is also an affiliated faculty member with the Africana Studies department. Dr. Vega earned a PhD in theology and religion as well as an MA in religion from the University of Chicago. He holds a BA in biblical and theological studies from Wheaton College. A scholar of race and religion, Dr. Vega's teaching and research explore the dynamics of race and class in Black (USA), Latin American, and majority world theologies of liberation. His work has appeared in various publications, including The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Sojourners, and The Political Theology Network. Additionally, he co-authored a chapter in the Theology and Pop Culture series published by Fortress Press and Lexington Books, which compares the emergence of Black (USA) theology in the 1960s with the emergence of the Miles Morales Spider-Man. Dr. Vega's scholarship has been funded by the Hispanic Theological Initiative, the Forum for Theological Exploration, and the Anthony C. Yu Fellowship in Comparative Religion.

 
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