Abstract
In his analysis of the historical attitude of the Black church from “folk religion” to the “civil rights era”, Washington suggests that theological malaise was imminent due to the perception of victory in the struggle against white supremacy. Any pastoral theological response to the project of Sankofan homiletic expression must be interpreted through the hazy lens of spiritual malaise to which Washington alludes; for we are squarely in the midst of a kind of spiritual depression in the Black church/community in this so-called post-racial age that is characterized by the perceived “success” inferred by the election of Barack Obama as president of the US. Milestones and symbolic victories are good, but should not to be misinterpreted to represent success.