Bob Marley’s song “Get Up Stand Up,” was made to encourage black people to continue the fight for their rights. When looking at the standard mappings of Christianity and Islam, they can often be simplified into doctrines and creeds that promote complacency and acceptance. Christianity promotes ideologies of “loving thy neighbor” and praying for one’s enemies. People often do not speak on anger and other “negative” emotions when looking at the black church, since it is not viewed as “of God”. As a result, believers may assume that God will handle all their burdens, and all they must do is pray. Though, “faith without works is dead,” so in reality they must be active in fighting oppressive forces, in order to be liberated from them.
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