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Martin Luther King Jr. on divine goodness & human responsibility
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as relational theologian Throughout many of his sermons Dr. Martin Luther King expounds on a variety of issues related to racial equality and social justice. He is...
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The Cross, Predestination, and Emmett Till
One of the interesting things about the academy is in the way Black Theologians strive to engage Hip Hop culture. While I personally don’t do so, I think this move is necessary for a few reasons....
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tw: perhaps all theologians should come with trigger warnings
a serious proposal This blog post is two months in the making. When I first got wind of the story of the MennoMedia’s decision to include a statement in Yoder’s published works, I wanted to post my...
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Environmentalism & The Prosperity Gospel: Redfining Prosperity
a guest post by Harry Samuels The intersection of environmental ethics with prosperity theology is certainly an interesting one & it represents a chance for that which has traditionally been deemed...
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Quip of the Day: JFK’s Rising Tide
It is said that JFK is quoted as saying, “Rising tide lifts all boats” However, in the context of a corporation-driven economy (and I refuse to believe that the labor movement has a solution except...
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James Cone’s Response to William R. Jones
These 2 quotes magnificently sums up James Cone’s project, no matter how inadequate of an answer it may be for some. From Cone’s God of the Oppressed, Chapter 8, “Divine Liberation and Black...
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William R. Jones Critiques James Cone on Theodicy
In Chapter VII of Is God A White Racist?, William R. Jones takes on James Cone’s view of suffering. Several points must be noted: 1. For Cone, like Albert Cleage, God is for blacks only. Meaning, Jesus...
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William R. Jones defines Divine Racism
Image via Wikipedia The five traits of divine racism are: #1: God sanctions a category-system of two groups of people, an in-group and an out-group. God values one over the other unequally. #2: The...
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Book Review: William R. Jones’ Is God A White Racist?
William R. Jones’ classic book is subtitled, “A Preamble to Black Theology” and fortunately, I had read four the the six authors that came under Jones’ scrutiny. Without a doubt, this text has to be...
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Japan & Piper: God’s Wrath Satisfied But We Still Paying Interest?
I would like to recommend an excellent defense of God’s goodness (one of the marks of Christian traditions). My friend T.C. Moore, in his post, A BLACK SUN HAS NOT RISEN ON JAPAN: CHALLENGING SO-CALLED...
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