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Blues is absolutely vital to black theological reflection and to the black church's existence. In Black Bodies and the Black Church, author Kelly Douglas Brown develops a blues crossroad theology, which allows the black church to remain true to itself and relevant in black lives.

This book brings arts and religion together to life literally in the blues music genre as god-inspired testimony Offers a new way of understanding theology that incorporates religion, culture, and the arts This book forthrightly addresses the controversial issues raised by the media in regard to the Dr. Wright controversy. It responds to accusations of the black church being racist and home to a theology of hate. It also critiques the black church responses to this controversy Religious scholar Eddie Glaude pronounced the black church dead. This pronouncement has sparked a passionate conversation. This book will enter that conversation and challenge Glaude's dismissal of the black church dead. It pronounces the black church headed toward the grave, but not dead yet This book exposes the secrets of the black church: its bourgeois tendencies, class arrogance and color bias