{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Huh, was that religion-civil rights link just a neat historical coincidence or is there Kontext to this story i\u2019m Missing.", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/178312603268/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: Huh, was that religion-civil rights link just a neat historical coincidence or is there Kontext to this story i\u2019m Missing.</div>\n<p>Well there\u2019s something about how the black church and preaching as a profession were central to black community organization and uplift programs</p>\n\n<p>AND there\u2019s the way that original-version abolitionism arose through competitive radicalization pressures through the medium of preaching as the idiom of public celebrity charismatic leadership</p>\n\n<p>Like Benjamin Lay was a dwarf SFX preacher (stabbing a Bible filled with fake blood as a climax explosion) who yelled radical things to draw crowds but we consider him serious and not WWF-level entertainment bcuz his side ended up winning</p>"}