With James Cone’s Death Comes the Death of Black Theology
With James Cone’s death, comes the death of Black theology. This statement is hyperbolic in…
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With James Cone’s Death Comes the Death of Black Theology
While the socio-political, economic, and cultural climate motivating the work has shifted—the fundamental and death-dealing disregard for black life has remained unaltered.
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ABC’s Hit Sitcom Black-ish Does God, Pushes Theological Respectability
ABC’s black-ish dismantles narrow depictions of black religious life.
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God’s Obituary: A Humanist Response to Mass Murder
There is no justification; there is no larger logic, no theologically exposed silver lining. This misery is all too human—the imposition of an individual’s twisted will on others with deadly consequences. Appeal to God doesn’t fix this; it doesn’t explain it.
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Can Atheist Billboards Kill Religion?
Billboards, rallies, biting commentary—all this is meant to deconstruct the cultural worlds framing sacred texts and ideas, and to do deep damage to the stronghold religion has on life in the United States. I’m in favor of billboards, as well as other organized efforts to advance progressive values and life-affirming ethics. Why should theists alone be allowed to present their ideas in grand ways? The anger coming from theists when confronted with the absurdity behind some of their own faith commitments shouldn’t silence non-theists, and it doesn’t require special handling by public figures.
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Atheists Gather in Burbank: A Humanist’s Response
An atheist convention, attended by premier nonbelievers Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, inspires some reflections on the virtue of a positive, productive humanism, rather than the anti-theism that dominates the discourse.
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One Nation, Many Bibles: Obama vs. Dobson
Americans wrestle with the biblical text, but there is no one correct way to read scripture.
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Body Language: Michael Jackson and the Illogic of White Superiority
The King of Pop’s failing body revealed the vulnerabilities of whiteness as the norm, forcing us to rethink assumptions about what can be called ‘flesh tone.’
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The Black Church: Institution or Abstraction?
Rev. Wright’s assertions that it’s really the “Black Church” under attack help reduce the complexity of the religious life of black America to a soundbite…
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Getting Wright Wrong: Preaching is Not Policy
Anyone who thinks that full agreement with your pastor is necessary has never been to church…
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