Category Archives: fanon

Another Kind of Justice: thoughts on Brueggemann and OWS

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Tim McGee

The doing of justice is the prophetic invitation to do what needs to be done to enable the poor and the disadvantaged and the neglected to participate in the resources and wealth of the community. Walter Brueggemann I added the … Continue reading →

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Freedom Not Yet: Ch. 2 (an interaction)

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Tim McGee

This second chapter can be seen as a response to the criticisms, or alternative reading, I offered regarding the first chapter. To my claim that the “revolutionary subject” cannot be configured at the site of “the human” but in the … Continue reading →

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Pacifism and Violence: Two More Thoughts on Why I’m not a Pacifist

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Tim McGee

I’ve appreciated the feedback and conversations on my previous post on pacifism. Please keep them coming–as I said, I’m not settled where I am but more recognizing where I am not any more (or where I never was). I mentioned … Continue reading →

Posted in bonhoeffer, carter, colonialism, death, fanon, levinas, politics, violence | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 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

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 →

Posted in barth, fanon, religion, secularity, theological method | 4 Comments

Layers of Complex Things (Jay-Z and Fanon)

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Tim McGee

I stumbled onto this interview with Jay-Z and thought it was an extremely important reminder and touchstone for my own theological work, especially as I have been laboring to understand Fanon and his insistence on the “open dimension” of human … Continue reading →

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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

Writing, Not Blogging (still more on religion and death)

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Tim McGee

Why do we adore The Slaughtered Ox? Because without our knowing it or wanting it, it is our anonymous humanity. We are not Christ, never Christ…no I will not speak of this. –H. Cixous I have not been blogging but … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, barth, bonhoeffer, Césaire, cixous, colonialism, ecclesiology, ethics, fanon, feminism, foucault, race, religion, secularity | 2 Comments

Refusing to be Outsiders: Fanon, Islam, and the (White) Christian West

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Tim McGee

What’s all this about black people and a black nationality?  I am French.  I am interested in French culture, French civilization, and the French.  We refuse to be treated as outsiders; we are well and truly part of French history … Continue reading →

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Deadly Religion: re-membering the future in the French Atlantic Triangle

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Tim McGee

A struggle for possession of the fairest tracts of country took place, and the more intelligent and consequently the stronger races were the victors.  It was for the good of all the world that it should be so.  It seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Césaire, chidester, colonialism, family, fanon, missions, race, religion | 1 Comment