Category Archives: race

Race is Religion in US Politics

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Tim McGee

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 →

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Trayvon Martin, Looking at the Scene of Violence

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Tim McGee

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 →

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White Presence and the Interruption of Space (The Christian Imagination, Ch 1)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Tim McGee

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 →

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Kony, New (White) Activism, and Playing in the Dark (Continent?)

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Tim McGee

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

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The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Ch 1, an interaction)

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Tim McGee

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 →

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The Black Christ (James Cone)

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Tim McGee

I begin by asserting once more that Jesus was a Jew. It is on the basis of the soteriological meaning of the particularity of his Jewishness that theology must affirm the christological significance of Jesus’ present blackness. He is black … Continue reading →

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Theology and Ideology (more thoughts on James Cone)

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Tim McGee

Theologians must continually ask: “How do we distinguish our words about God from God’s Word…our dreams and aspirations from the work of the Spirit” (Cone, God of the Oppressed, 77). Each theological movement challenges some other movement for its ideological … Continue reading →

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“Still Here” a poem by L. Hughes, for #OWS

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Tim McGee

STILL HERE  I’ve been scarred and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, sun has baked me, Looks like between ’em They done tried to make me Stop laughin’, stop lovin’, stop livin’– But I don’t care! … Continue reading →

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The 99% or Main Street?

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Tim McGee

A quick thought before I continue reading through David Harvey’s The Condition of Postmodernity for this morning’s fun: The language of “the 99%” is a welcome relief to the previous talk of “Wall St.” v. “Main St,” or the even … Continue reading →

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Occupy Wall Street: from anti-corporatism to attacking racist-capitalism

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Tim McGee

Perhaps, as they are reduced to a fraction of a citizen, other Americans now catch a glimpse of what it means to be codified as only three-fifths of a person. Melissa Harris-Perry, “Are We All Black Americans Now?” In March … Continue reading →

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