Media and Public Scholarship Essays & Articles Dr. Wilkes has written 75+ articles and essays of engaged scholarship in public theology, economic activism, and political theory. Selected portions of his work and public scholarship are included below From Black Messiah to Black Lives Matter: how Pentecostal piety can reveal the charade of racialized capitalism. The Guardian.A Faithful Force for Good. Stanford Social Innovation Review.The Enduring Network of People: Faith Institutions and Community Organizing. National Trust for Historic Preservation.From Wasteland to Wondaland: Socialisms and Black Economic Futures. The Huffington Post.MLK Rooted His Anti-Capitalism In His Christian Ministry. Sojourners.Doing Political Theology in an Election Season: Howard Thurman on Deception. Religion Dispatches.A Pastor’s Take: Repairing Democracy for Black Lives. Religion & Politics. Interviews & Public Discussions CBS NewsThe New York TimesGeorgetown University, Berkeley Center for World AffairsThe Washington PostEssence MagazinePBSThe Enduring Significance of Jumping the Broom. The New York Times.A Pastor Marches for a Moral, Equitable Economy for All Inequality.org: Institute of Policy Studies