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Is there a race problem in the Church?

The latest issue of the 9 Marks eJournal looks at the issues surrounding race in the Church. There are several articles that are well worth reading there, but my favourite is a colourful email exchange between Thabiti Anyabwile and Jonathan Leeman where they discuss the merits of Earth, Wind and Fire, what it feels like to be black, peaches, blueberries and much more!

Also this week on Reformation 21's blog, Wesminster's Professor of Historical Theology and Church History, Carl Trueman offers several criticisms of 19th century theologians Dabney and Thornwell, suggesting that the former's support for antebellum slavery is problematic. The 'Rob Lowe' character he refers to in the post is Covenant Seminary Professor Sean Lucas who offers his own response to Carl's post here.

Posted by Sheena at August 29, 2007 5:32 AM Race | TrackBack

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I ran across some information on racism in Christian theology during my reading of the 'Subordination' book which had a small section covering the history of the church in race equality. Although vaguely aware previously, it hit me quite hard to read the way the theologians argued for racism.

This isn't new, but bears looking at in a new way. It has ramifications for how we handle theology concerning women and the gender issues.

It just shows that theologians, even well-respected ones, can miss the mark by a mile.

Posted by: ilona at August 29, 2007 3:13 PM
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