Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century
I have been meaning for the last month or so to address the rise of anti-Semitism taking place here in the United States. As a Christian dedicated to nonviolent resistance and anti-racism movements,...
View ArticleElected from Nothingness: Predestination and Creation ex Nihilo
Thomas Jay Oord has an interesting take on the doctrine of Creation Ex Nihilo. (Here is my liberationist defense of Creation ex nihilo, taken from an independent study project finished two years ago)....
View ArticleWillie Jennings: Reprobation & Race
“Reprobation is not simply a state of existence opposite of election; it is also a judgment upon the trajectory of a life, gauging its destiny from what can be known in the moment. Reprobation joins...
View ArticleInteracting with God of the Oppressed 5 — What is the Good News?
I am working my way through James Cone‘s God of the Oppressed. Come join me on my journey as I learn about Black Liberation Theology. ****** In chapter four, Cone tours the Scriptures to introduce us...
View ArticleThe Power Of Love part 1: James Cone’s Relational Theology
LIBERATING OPEN THEOLOGIES For better or worse, Liberation Theology has endured having a reputation as an out-dated theological system written by subjective, angry Persons of Color and Women. It’s...
View ArticleAnabaptist Theology & Black Power: A Subaltern Ethics Of Peace #AnaBlacktivism
Please read the first three posts in this series before proceeding to read the following essay: Anabaptist Theology & Black Power: Intro Anabaptist Theology & Black Power: Christ The Center...
View ArticleThe 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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