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America’s Unholy Ghosts: A Trailer

As featured @ workofthepeople.com, Joel and Travis Reed discuss writing America’s Unholy Ghosts…

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America’s Unholy Ghosts: Book Launch

From the home church of the late Barbara Jordan, DZ Cofield and Joel Goza sit down for a conversation on race, religion and politics at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church

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Dialogue Houston Interviews Joel Goza

Dialogue Houston chatted with Joel about his journey and how it inspired him to write his book. Joel spoke about his philosophy of connecting communities through quality dialogues and the integrity of staying in alignment.

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KHOU Covers Ed Young's Godless Democrats - Interviews Joel

Dr. Ed Young says Democratic Party is ‘some kind of religion that is basically godless’. His comments came after Rep. Culberson’s concession speech. Joel Goza disagrees.

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Rob Kall Interview

Rob Kall, Host of Bottom Up and Op-Ed News interviews Joel on America’s Unholy Ghosts

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Free Indeed: Book Conversation

Johnny Gentry and Joel Goza sit down for a conversation at Free Indeed Ministries.

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Real World. Real Talk.

DZ Cofield and Joel Goza connect @ KTSU Radio to discuss race and systemic change.

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Real World. Real Talk.

DZ Cofield and Joel Goza connect again @ KTSU Radio to discuss race and systemic change.


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Publishers Weekly Reviews America's Unholy Ghosts

In his sharp debut, Goza…writes with passion about the racist and classist roots of America’s political and religious institutions. Grounding his work in the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Adam Smith, Goza convincingly argues that America’s Founding Fathers deliberately designed a racist and inequitable society.

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Christian Century: How did American Racism Get this Bad

David Gushee, Past President of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Christian Ethics, reviews America’s Unholy Ghosts for the Christian Century

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Bill Tammeus: America's Unholy Ghosts Reviewed

When I review books, I make tiny dots in the margins of passages I want to refer as I’m writing. In this book, I marked 57 of its 182 pages of text, meaning that if I were to refer to all of those points that I consider important, this review would run from here to next Friday.

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Steve Bezner: America's Unholy Ghosts Reviewed

Steve Bezner: Goza hit me between the eyes with the fact that I have often bought into the mindset prevalent in American thought — that government and economics are morality-free zones. In both economics and government,

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Publishers Weekly: Mending the Divide

Publishers Weekly: Everyone talks about diversity these days, but what does it mean? Unlocking doors for women to enter male-dominated professions? Welcoming people of color into previously white bastions? Integrating the poor into societies of the privileged?

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Faith and Leadership Interview: Our theological imagination has often impoverished our racial imagination

Joel Edward Goza went to divinity school expecting to graduate and return to the white, suburban Baptist world in which he had grown up.

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Houston Chronicle Features America's Unholy Ghosts

There are a number of books by Houston authors that delve into faith and spirituality. By diving into these pages, bookworms may discover new insights and ideologies.

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Baptist Standard Reviews America's Unholy Ghosts

Joel Goza presented the gist of America’s Unholy Ghosts during the 2018 No Need Among You Conference in Waco. The room sat in stunned silence through most of the presentation…


Podcast and Radio Interviews


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Straight Talk with Nick Lawrence

On Dec. 2nd, Joel had the honor to have a conversation with 830 WEEU Straight Talk with Nick Lawrence to discuss America’s Unholy Ghosts

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KPFT and Open Journal Podcast

KPFT and Open Journal’s Duane Bradley and Stephanie Coleman discuss Houston, today’s political landscape, and America’s Unholy Ghosts

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The Good Morning Show with Oliver ``OT`` Thomas—WBOK New Orleans

Oliver Thomas and Joel Goza discuss New Orleans 9th Ward, Houston’s 5th Ward and the interface of religion, race and politics in America Today

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Crackers & Grape Juice Podcast

Crackers & Grape Juice Podcast: Joel gets to talk with Jason Micheli and Teer Hardy about America’s Unholy Ghosts and navigating conversations about race in communities of faith

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Voices in My Head Podcast with Rick Lee James

Voices in My Head Podcast: Joel gets to talk with Rick Lee James about America’s Unholy Ghosts and navigating conversations about race in communities of faith

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iHeart Radio: Sunday Journal with Hal Clark | 98.5 WYLD

iHeart Radio: Joel gets to talk with Hal Clark of New Orleans about America’s Unholy Ghosts and Houston’s 5th Ward

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Real World, Real Talk with DZ Cofield

On Real World, Real Talk, Dr. DZ Cofield interviews Joel Edward Goza concerning his newly released America’s Unholy Ghosts.

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What's the 411? with Sharon Kay

From the historic Fisk University in Nashville Tennessee, Sharon Kay hosts Joel Edward Goza to discuss America’s Unholy Ghosts. The interview with Joel starts at minute 24 and covers Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and how White Supremacy shaped the scientific community.

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Houston Matters: How Did Three Famous Philosophers Promote Racism in America

In his new book, America’s Unholy Ghosts: The Racist Roots of Our Faith and Politics, Joel Edward Goza argues these philosophers helped imagine, institutionalize, and ingrain racist ideologies in the United States.

Bonhoeffer Podacst with Rob Schenck

Joel sits down with the President of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute for a conversation about race and religion