Category Archives: Edward Said

Dead-Africa, Global Charity, and Neo-Colonial Power

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Tim McGee

The Theology and Critical Race theory facebook page recently posted this article on how, despite improvements, Western media and NGO’s still portray Africa as desperately impoverished, backwards, and teetering on the verge of death and collapse. The article considers various … Continue reading →

Posted in colonialism, death, Edward Said, milbank, politics | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Edward Said, fanon, religion, secularity | 8 Comments

Theology, Beauty, and Race (a couple thoughts)

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Tim McGee

I’m married to an artist, find myself in the company of various artists, and have a few friends studying theology and the arts. One of these friends recently posted a humble 9.5 theses on beauty–a mere tenth of Luther’s audacious … Continue reading →

Posted in art, bonhoeffer, colonialism, Cornel West, ecclesiology, Edward Said, fanon, milbank | 6 Comments