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soriented reoriented theology politics nerdiness skip to content disoriented reoriented theology politics nerdiness menu and widgets about the blog smartypants stuff most popular posts 1 christians have power how will we use it 2 the radical femininity of christ 3 book review how god became king 4 opening communion for the 3 year olds 5 telling god s story not the old testament s 6 chaos creation and midterms 7 christians and the nra 8 john chrysostom and the 47 percent 9 love wins 10 keep the mithra in christmas like me like me tweets tweets by disorientedblog personal faves the 99 percent a different god poverty is the church on the wrong side immanuel moore oklahoma jed bartlet s job moment a letter to three daughters the toxic assumption of the biblical worldview sex and the single doctrine of original sin our postmodern god p o d christians and the f word did paul write these letters a psalm of lament for a boy now gone personal faves ot edition the unfair god jonah the evangelist when god abuses the time jeremiah accused god of raping him amaziah the republican god to job humans are so overrated finding refuge in the pentateuch the american amos personal faves lgbt edition neither male nor female slave nor free gay nor straight why chick fil a s donations are important retiring love the sinner hate the sin what if the writers of the bible were just wrong why don t christians support polygamy redeeming homosexuality it s ok to be gay tags 2 samuel abortion about me acts of the apostles apologetics bible blog business books children church consumerism corinthians daniel eschatology evangelicals evolution exodus faith fundamentalism genesis genocide gospel of john gospel of luke gospel of mark gospel of matthew gospels grad school hell history holidays homosexuality immigration isaiah jeremiah jesus job law liberation literalism love money music new testament old testament parenting paul pentateuch politics pop culture prayer prophets psalms race religion revelation romans science sermons sex slavery struggles suffering summit the flood theodicy theology the poor trump universalism vengeance violence war wisdom women worship violence for jesus part 1 when soldiers couldn t be christians part 2 constantine and augustine part 3 charlemagne s forced baptisms part 4 the crusades the christian case for obama part 1 against romney part 2 for obama part 3 the drone problem was mary really a virgin part 1 ground rules part 2 what paul says part 3 what mark says part 4 matthew and luke similarities and contradictions part 5 what else matthew and luke say part 6 what john says part 7 extrabiblical accounts part 8 old testament prophecy part 9 theological defenders xpart 10 searching for a better defense xpart 11 gromacki s defense xpart 12 the arbitrariness of virginity xpart 13 the history of the doctrine xpart 14 n t wright s defense xpart 15 the liberal metaphorization xpart 16 summary xpart 17 the verdict can paul be trusted on sexuality part 1 the sin of effeminacy part 2 the concept of self mastery part 3 the primacy of masculinity part 4 jewish apologetics part 5 paul s purposes what the bible gets wrong about god part 1 the problem part 2 the evidence part 3 the contradictions part 4 the evolution prophets and politics part 1 the prophets part 2 the response part 3 my response who i read damon parker starts with a bang jacobin the jesus blog jesus creed rachel held evans larry hurtado charis homebrewed christianity naturalis historia ancient jew review pete enns nt blog variant readings christian ethics bites richard beck archives july 2020 june 2020 april 2020 december 2019 september 2019 august 2019 july 2019 june 2019 april 2019 march 2019 february 2019 december 2018 november 2018 october 2018 september 2018 august 2018 july 2018 june 2018 may 2018 april 2018 february 2018 january 2018 december 2017 august 2017 october 2013 september 2013 august 2013 july 2013 june 2013 may 2013 april 2013 march 2013 february 2013 january 2013 december 2012 november 2012 october 2012 september 2012 august 2012 july 2012 june 2012 may 2012 april 2012 march 2012 february 2012 january 2012 december 2011 november 2011 october 2011 september 2011 august 2011 july 2011 burr mcconnell and the room where it happens like the rest of america our family watched the recording of hamilton that was recently released on disney like the rest of america we laughed at the outrageous verbal tics of king george and thomas jefferson that weren t apparent in the cast recording like the rest of america we cried again at the death of philip and of course hamilton himself spoiler alert like some in america 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 ...
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