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The difference between social media “action” and action
It is one thing to teach theology (like Niebuhr, Barth, Tillich, and most theologians) in the safe environs of a classroom and quite another to live one’s theology in a situation that entails the risk of one’s life. (Martin Luther) King agreed fully with Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Christian pastor hanged in 1945 by the Nazis for resisting Hitler: “When Christ…
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Lynching, suffering, and the cross
Because of their experience of arbitrary violence, the cross was and is a redeeming and comforting image for many black Christians. If the God of Jesus’ cross is found among the least, the crucified people of the world, then God is also found among those lynched in American history.
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Racism and white moderates
The problem of Dr. King’s day and our day, as pointed out by James Cone in The Cross and the Lynching Tree, is the silence of those who might have something to say, but don’t.
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The challenge of James Cone and black theology of liberation
James Cone continues to challenge me in my theological thinking. I keep at his work exactly because my thinking needs to be challenged… constantly. It bothers me when I quit growing.
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Love and Justice
James Cone’s work is digging deep into my spirit, much like the Spirit’s work through Romans 5-8 right now. With Lent on us this week, it’s a good time for deep self-examination.
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Two books
There are two books to finish this year. They both challenge me in issues of judicial injustice and racial justice.
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The authority of Scripture — black theology
My challenge for the year is to read more widely from the angles of black and female theologians. My current read is God of the Oppressed by James Cone.
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God of the Oppressed
The scandal is that the gospel means liberation, that this liberation comes to the poor, and that it gives them the strength and the courage to break the conditions of servitude. This is what the Incarnation means. God in Christ comes to the weak and the helpless, and becomes one with them, taking their condition of oppression as his own…
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