God of the Addicted: A Psychohistorical Analysis of the Origins, Objectives, and Consequences of the Suspicious Association Between Power, Profit, and the Black Preacher in America

There is a historical rationale behind why so many relatively impoverished Black people in America adamantly surrender a sizeable portion of their income to Black Christian (and Muslim) preachers who appear primarily concerned with enriching themselves at these people’s expense.


During their enslavement our ancestors developed an addiction to religious escapism in response to their perceived behavioral powerlessness, which continued post-enslavement due to the continuation of this percepti...