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i was struck at how optimistic it is how just four years since it burst onto the scene hamilton feels almost anachronistic the product of a different more hopeful time one that we already have shorthanded into the pithy phrase obama era and perhaps like no one else in america i kept returning to the political vacuity of aaron burr and how he resembles none in today s political scene more than mitch mcconnell continue reading burr mcconnell and the room where it happens posted on july 9 2020 categories current events history tags history musicals politics leave a comment on burr mcconnell and the room where it happens christ s blackness is both literal and symbolic god of the oppressed part 6 part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 moving to chapter 6 of his classic book god of the oppressed 1975 james cone asks who is jesus christ for us today that is since jesus is the truth of the christian story the ground that keeps theology from becoming ideology and the ultimate evidence of god s interest in the liberation of the oppressed how is that truth relevant in modern america if twent y first century christians are to speak the truth for their sociohistorical situation they cannot merely repeat the story of what jesus did and said in palestine as if it were self interpreting for us today truth is more than the retelling of the biblical story truth is the divine happening that invades our contemporary situation revealing the meaning of the past for the present so that we are made new creatures for the future p 108 it is because we have encountered christ in our historical situation and have been given the faith to struggle for truth that we are forced to inquire about the meaning of this truth for the totality of human existence it is therefore the people s experience of the freedom of christ in the context of injustice and oppression that makes them want to know more about him pp 109 110 the black tradition breaks down the false distinction between the sacred and the secular and invites us to look for christ s meaning in the spirituals and the blues folklore and sermon christ s meaning is not only expressed in formal church doctrine but also in the rhythm the beat and the swing of life as the people respond to the vision that stamps dignity upon their personhood pp 114 115 continue reading christ s blackness is both literal and symbolic god of the oppressed part 6 posted on july 7 2020 categories book reports current events hard questions learning tags books church history jesus politics race religion theology leave a comment on christ s blackness is both literal and symbolic god of the oppressed part 6 the values of white culture are antithetical to biblical revelation god of the oppressed part 5 part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 in god of the oppressed 1975 james cone first laid the groundwork for his arguments that 1 theology cannot be separated from the social context of the theologian and 2 god is revealed in historical events like the exodus and the life and death of jesus as the liberator of the oppressed the problem then becomes how do we make sure the things we say about god are actually true and not just what we want them to be if theology is contingent and god s revelation is historical how do we guard against lapsing into creating god in our image a common critique of belief since feuerbach or as cone himself puts it to what extent is the god of black theology limited to the biological origin of its advocates p 84 continue reading the values of white culture are antithetical to biblical revelation god of the oppressed part 5 posted on july 6 2020 categories book reports hard questions learning tags books church faith liberation race religion theology 1 comment on the values of white culture are antithetical to biblical revelation god of the oppressed part 5 there is no christian theology that is not social and political god of the oppressed part 4 part 1 part 2 part 3 having discussed the inextricable connection between god talk and the social context out of which such talk arises james cone in god of the oppressed 1975 turns his argument to the nature of divine revelation arguing that god reveals godself in social contexts so just as theology can t be separated from the real world circumstances of the theologian so understanding god cannot be separated from the real world circumstances in which god is revealed i think this is the key chapter of the book the foundation on which the rest of it builds continue reading there is no christian theology that is not social and political god of the oppressed part 4 posted on july 2 2020 categories bible study book reports current events tags books church faith jesus new testament old testament politics prophets race religion theology 2 comments on there is no christian theology that is not social and political god of the oppressed part 4 the god of black experience was not a metaphysical idea god of the oppressed part 3 after introducing his argument and discussing the sources for theological truth james cone in god of the oppressed 1975 turns in chapter 3 to the social context of theology in other words all words about god are necessarily limited by the culture of those speaking those words what people think about god cannot be divorced from their place and time in a definite history and culture while god may exist in some heavenly city beyond time and space human beings cannot transcend history theology is subjective speech about god a speech that tells us far more about the hopes and dreams of certain god talkers than about the maker and creator of heaven and earth p 41 a serious encounter with marx will make theologians confess their limitations their inability to say anything about god which is not at the same time a statement about the social context of their own existence n ot only the questions which theologians ask but the answers given in their discourse about the gospel are limited by their social perceptions and thus largely a reflection of the material conditions of a given society theology arises out of life and thus reflects a people s struggle to create meaning in life p 43 so does that mean we can t say anything true about god no cone is simply dethroning centuries of white centered theology that has pretended to universality while sidelining black speech about god continue reading the god of black experience was not a metaphysical idea god of the oppressed part 3 posted on june 28 2020 categories book reports current events learning tags books faith race religion theology 3 comments on the god of black experience was not a metaphysical idea god of the oppressed part 3 white definitions of black humanity were lies god of the oppressed part 2 as i mentioned in part 1 of this series i m working through james cone s classic work of black liberation theology god of the oppressed in this somewhat public way in an effort to push voices of color to center stage in this moment where we need more than ever to be listening to what they have or had to say in chapter 2 speaking the truth cone begins his project by exploring the sources and nature of theology ultimately coming to the conclusion that black theology in addition to being based on scripture and divine revelation is also based on the black experience continue reading white definitions of black humanity were lies god of the oppressed part 2 posted on june 24 2020 categories book reports current events learning tags books faith jesus race religion 4 comments on white definitions of black humanity were lies god of the oppressed part 2 i am a black theologian james cone s god of the oppressed part 1 in light of the current moment in america where more white people than ever are recognizing what black people have known for centuries about the nature of the nation s stubborn acceptance of racism i ve been reading james cone s god of the oppressed the classic 1975 work of black liberation theology i m not convinced the world needs the voice of another quasi enlightened white guy to talk about racism except to affirm that black lives matter and recognize publicly that racism remains a scourge in both my heart and the systems that benefit me economically politically and socially so in an effort to do what does not come naturally to me and step to the side i m working through god of the oppressed with minimal exposition simply posting quotes to my facebook feed chapter by chapter in that spirit i ll do the same here although acknowledging that this still ends up putting a white filter between you the reader and cone s arguments so i hope this will encourage you to read his powerful compelling and convicting arguments for yourself continue reading i am a black theologian james cone s god of the oppressed part 1 posted on june 23 2020 categories book reports current events tags books faith race religion theology 5 comments on i am a black theologian james cone s god of the oppressed part 1 easter in the age of covid 19 this easter was bittersweet easter in a liturgical tradition like the episcopal church is a beautifully joyous experience the white cloth draped over the cross the return of alleluias to the liturgy the choir singing chris the lord is risen today and crown him with many crowns and the hallelujah chorus and well it s just not the same watching a livestream on tv in many ways it feels like easter hasn t really arrived yet like we re still in the interminable saturday all of us are trapped inside through no fault of our own awaiting our own resurrection of sorts but of course easter has arrived it arrived 1 990 years ago give or take a few dozen months it s stronger than coronavirus stronger than stay at home orders stronger than conspiracy theories toilet paper shortages or smelling your own bad breath while your glasses fog up every time you exhale behind an ill fitting mask jesus is risen he is risen indeed alleluia many priests preachers and pastors said as much last sunday in thousands of languages across hundreds of countries they said it over microphones in drive in theaters over livestreamed feeds in empty sanctuaries on rooftops in truck beds straddling road center lines i loved this atlantic slideshow of easter in an era of social distancing i ve pulled a few photos from it and included them with this post to me they provide proof of the ultimate triumph of easter no matter how pulled apart we are no matter how fallible churches and their leaders are no matter how wrapped up in our own traditions and doctrines and comforts and certainties we are god s spirit moves across the world affirming over and over again jesus is alive and so therefore are we truly alive no matter what happens i wish we could have celebrated that fact in a bright room with a soaring a frame roof beautiful stained glass and a huge empty cross draped in white while a chorus rains down hallelujahs and we take communion as the ultimate sign of our unity with each other and with the risen christ but that s the thing about easter it doesn t need our trappings resurrection from the dead has always required tremendous faith if it requires a little more this year separated as we are from the emotional props to which we are accustomed then we are merely joining a long line of people for whom easter has always been something to cling to rather than something to feast over if saturday feels especially long and especially dark this year sunday is coming because christ has died christ is risen christ will come again posted on april 21 2020 categories current events hard questions holidays worship tags coronavirus covid 19 easter episcopal church religion resurrection leave a comment on easter in the age of covid 19 creationism the rapture and impeachment in recent weeks former bush speechwriter david frum and vox founder ezra klein have taken their stabs at answering an oft asked question since november 2016 namely how did it come to this more specifically how does a narcissistic quasi fascist authoritarian who openly flouts the most basic standards of human decency and traditional morality still command the unwavering and nearly unanimous loyalty of the republican party and its base of evangelical christians using those articles as a springboard combined with some reading i ve been doing on the side here s my answer because supporting trump is the natural extension of the same habits of thought evangelicals have developed for much of the past century in his article on devin nunes uncritical embrace of nonsensical conspiracy theories to defend trump during the house intelligence committee s impeachment hearings former bush speechwriter david frum described the closed knowledge system that dominates modern conservative political thought the prisoners and victims of this system live in a dreamworld of lies he writes yet it would not quite be accurate to describe them as uninformed they are dis informed and on a huge scale this may be something new for frum to witness in the conservative political world perhaps because he was the beneficiary of it while working in the bush administration but for those of us who grew up in the conservative religious world reliance on a closed knowledge system that leaves its inhabitants not uninformed but very much disinformed is quite familiar continue reading creationism the rapture and impeachment posted on december 4 2019 december 4 2019 categories book reports current events history tags books creationism darby evolution faith politics premillennial dispensationalism religion science trump leave a comment on creationism the rapture and impeachment brief book review the uninhabitable earth by david wallace wells it is worse much worse than you think so opens david wallace wells harrowing terrifying journey into the almost inevitable future of our planet except it s not really the future of the planet the book s title notwithstanding it s the future of humanity or the immiserated dessicated disaster plagued remnants of it we have inflicted upon ourselves everything about the uninhabitable earth from its title to the minimalist cover to the unrelenting parade of horribles wallace wells describes is bleak here for example is the list of chapter titles in part ii titled elements of chaos heat death hunger drowning wildfire disasters no longer natural freshwater drain dying ocean unbreathable air plagues of warming economic collapse climate conflict this is no dry and technical document of climate science wallace wells is a journalist and brings a journalist s gift for distilling complicated concepts into digestible prose even if the result makes you lose your appetite in fact wallace wells spends little time attempting to convince the skeptics of climate change at this point as yet another hurricane described as unprecedented has leveled another island in the western atlantic only the willfully obtuse continue to deny the existence of global warming rather his goal is 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