Black theology was at the core of the movement that Cleage led, which he called Black Christian nationalism. And really, Black Christian nationalism was a political theology.

Standing before hundreds of people in a suburban Detroit chapel, at an event organized by Donald Trump's campaign, Marlin J. Reed declared that God had called on them to vote for the former president.

Black church leaders are determined to take back the narrative from white Christian nationalists, contending they have wrongfully used faith to justify policies that attack Black, brown, and LGBTQ ...