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Author Archives: Tim McGee
Race is Religion in US Politics
I have a short essay on the issues of race and religion in the election (it was written the day before the election). Here’s an excerpt: Regardless of who wins the election, we’ve seen and will continue to experience how … Continue reading
Posted in obama, politics, race, religion
Tagged obama, postcolonial, Race, religion
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Whose Circus? Which Democracy?
Stanley Hauerwas has recently said that elections are coercive, that we shouldn’t take them too seriously, and that they are more like the circus during the time of the Romans (entertainment and distraction for those kept out of the real … Continue reading
Defending Marriage, Saving Civilization, and Eradicating the Gay Threat: the road to hate speech
You might have seen the terrifying video of a NC pastor expressing his disgust of the LGBTQ community and his proposed solution to quarantine them behind an electric fence, drop some food over, and let them die out. You can … Continue reading
Posted in politics, religion, violence
Tagged amendment 1, Charles Worley, Christianity, electric fence, gay marriage, hate speech
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Trayvon Martin, Looking at the Scene of Violence
With George Zimmerman released, much of the attention on the trial surrounds Florida’s “stand your ground” law and determining who “instigated” the violence. Much of the case is seen to hinge on this question, for, so it is assumed, whoever … Continue reading
Posted in death, politics, race, Uncategorized, violence
Tagged death, George Zimmerman, law, negation, Race, stand your ground, Trayvon Martin, Violence
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Amendment One and Reading the Bible as Outsiders
In NC, an amendment is on the ballot that will read to ban same-sex marriage, saying it is a constitutional amendment to provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be … Continue reading
Posted in ethics, family, homosexuality, politics, scripture
Tagged amendment 1, Christianity, Ethics, north carolina, religion, same-sex marriage, scripture, sexuality
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White Presence and the Interruption of Space (The Christian Imagination, Ch 1)
Before moving onto the next chapter, I need to tell an important story from this first chapter: the story of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. She was part of a family that lived in southern Africa with the Ju/wasi and /Gwi peoples. … Continue reading
Posted in race, Willie Jennings
Tagged land, Race, Space, theology, whiteness, willie jennings
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Kony, New (White) Activism, and Playing in the Dark (Continent?)
Instead of discussing “Kony 2012” directly, I want to quickly look at one peculiar defense of it. Recently, Brian McLaren defended Kony 2012 and Invisible Children, saying
The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Ch 1, an interaction)
I’ve decided to start a series of blog posts on Willie Jennings book, The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race, as a way of transitioning away from Duke / Durham and preparing to begin PhD work (!) at…SMU! I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in race, Willie Jennings
Tagged identity, intimacy, land, Race, review, Space, the christian imagination, theology, willie jennings
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On Violence: James Cone and Martin Luther King Jr.
In the last post, I quoted James Cone, who had this critique of Martin Luther King Jr.’s perspectives on violence and nonviolent: [Martin Luther King Jr’s] dependence on the analysis of love found in liberal theology and his confidence that … Continue reading
James Cone on the Liberation of Love
[Martin Luther King Jr’s] dependence on the analysis of love found in liberal theology and his confidence that the ‘universe is on the side of justice’ seem not to take seriously white violence in America. James Cone, _God of the … Continue reading
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