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04/08/2008: "Modern black church shuns King's message"

Walton, [Jonathan Walton, author of “Watch This! Televangelism and African American Religious Culture,”] says contemporary black churchgoers have now embraced another mission: equal access to wealth. “It’s the theological doctrine of American culture,” he said.

King’s voice may ring out in the history books, but it no longer rings out in the black pews. Walton says the battle between the prophetic and prosperity ministers in the black church is over for now.

The Rev. Ikes have won.

“We like to identify with Dr. King in theory, though we emulate Rev. Ike in practice.”

[ This is reflective of a slave mentality. ]

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/04/06/mlk.role.church/index.html