James Baldwin, "Letter from a Region in My Mind," The New Yorker (17 November 1962), republished as "Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind" in The Fire Next Time (1963).
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Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty -- necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels.
— James Baldwin on Christianity
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About James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and social critic.
About James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and social critic.
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