Monthly Archives: May 2011

Richard Wright, Life and the Threat of Death

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Tim McGee

To be a slave is to exist under the threat of death, where the master determines when, if, and how one might die. In this situation, the desire to live sustains the bondage. The looming threat of actual death transforms … Continue reading →

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Barth, Literature, Religion and Death

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Tim McGee

As of late, I’ve returned to the questions that have generally been preoccupying me: religion, colonialism/racism, and death. I’ve started reading Barth again, on the atonement. I’m also trying to explore these themes in literature (thus continuing some of the … Continue reading →

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Fanon, Said, and the attack on the Christian World

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Tim McGee

In a chapter on Edward Said and secularism, Gil Anidjar ends with the startling claim that one should not understand Said as a proponent of secularism but instead as an anti-Christian thinker. To summarize a constellation of arguments I frequently … Continue reading →

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Secular Dogmatics? (Continuing thoughts on Fanon as Theologian)

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Tim McGee

At the beginning of his enormous Church Dogmatics, Karl Barth argues that theology can and should consider itself “a science.” As someone shaped by interdisciplinary studies, I found myself a bit suspicious–who cares if it is “a science?” Nevertheless, Barth … Continue reading →

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Reading Fanon as a Theologian

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Tim McGee

As should be clear, I think Fanon’s writing are theologically relevant, not just in the sense that he offers criticisms theologians need to address but also that he offers a trajectory–intellectual, social–that theologians should follow. I’ve been rereading some sections … Continue reading →

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