(NY Times On Religion) Novels Pillorying the Black Church Find Readers in the Pews

Kimberla Lawson Roby stood near the pulpit of a Baptist church in this Atlanta suburb one Saturday in late August, giving her testimony. She spoke of infidelities, mistresses, blackmail, out-of-wedlock children and extravagant spending. She did so as neither minister … Continue reading (NY Times On Religion) Novels Pillorying the Black Church Find Readers in the Pews