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Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
"church" in the small sense, not the large sense. I certainly didn't mean to imply that the United Church of Christ is all like Rev. Wright. That is one of the reasons that makes me even more suspicious as to why Obama stayed there. Rev. Wright is nowhere near to the teachings of Christ, so why didn't Obama leave, and why did he choose to join that church in the first place?
"church" in the small sense, not the large sense. I certainly didn't mean to imply that the United Church of Christ is all like Rev. Wright. That is one of the reasons that makes me even more suspicious as to why Obama stayed there. Rev. Wright is nowhere near to the teachings of Christ, so why didn't Obama leave, and why did he choose to join that church in the first place?
Wright, Jeremiah A. Jr. and Jini Kilgore Ross, What Makes You So Strong?: Sermons of Joy and Strength from Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., Judson Press, November 1993, ISBN 978-0817011987
Wright, Jeremiah A. Jr. and Colleen Birchett, Africans Who Shaped Our Faith (Student Guide), Urban Ministries, Inc., May 1995, ISBN 978-0940955295
Wright, Jeremiah A. Jr. and Jini Kilgore Ross, Good News!: Sermons of Hope for Today's Families, Judson Press, December 1995, ISBN 978-0817012366
William J. Key, Robert Johnson Smith, Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. and Robert Johnson-Smith, From One Brother to Another: Voices of African American Men, Judson Press, October 1996, ISBN 978-0817012502
Jawanza Kunjufu and Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr., Adam! Where Are You?: Why Most Black Men Don't Go to Church, African American Images, June 1997, ISBN 978-0913543436 (also African American Images, 1994, ISBN B000T6LXPQ)
Frank Madison Reid, III, Jeremiah Wright Jr. and Colleen Birchett, When Black Men Stand Up for God: Reflections on the Million Man March, African American Images, December 1997, ISBN 978-0913543481
Wright, Jeremiah A. Jr., What Can Happen When We Pray: A Daily Devotional, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, June 2002, ISBN 978-0806634067
Wright, Jeremiah A. Jr., From One Brother To Another, Volume 2: Voices of African American Men , Judson Press, January 2003, ISBN 978-0817013622
Iva E. Carruthers (Editor), Frederick D. Haynes III (Editor), Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. (Editor), Blow the Trumpet in Zion!: Global Vision and Action for the 21st Century Black Church, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, January 2005, ISBN 978-0800637125
Ernest R. Flores and Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., Tempted to Leave the Cross: Renewing the Call to Discipleship, Judson Press, November 2007, ISBN 978-0817015244
Wright, Jeremiah A, Jr. (2004), "Doing black theology in the black church", p 13-23, 213-214. In Linda E. Thomas (Ed.), Living Stones in the Household of God: The Legacy and Future of Black Theology, Minneapolis: Fortress. ISBN 0-8006-3627-9
Wright, Jeremiah. "Here I am, send me". In Awakened to a calling: reflections on the vocation of ministry, Ann M. Svennungsen and Melissa Wiginton (Eds.), Nashville: Abingdon Press, c2005. ISBN 0687053900
Wright, Jeremiah. "In the Lord's house, on the Lord's day". In Awakened to a calling: reflections on the vocation of ministry, Ann M. Svennungsen and Melissa Wiginton (Eds.), Nashville: Abingdon Press, c2005. ISBN 0687053900
Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., "Music as Cultural Expression in Black Church Theology and Worship," Journal of Black Sacred Music 3, 1 (1) (Spring 1989).
Take a look at that list. How much do you find objectionable? Maybe there was a lot more to Jeremiah Wright than you think.
Anyway, I find it "enlightening" that a serial bigot like Pat Robertson can repeatedly condemn the US and not only get away with it, but still retain enough power that Republican candidates beat a path to his doorway every election. Jeremiah Wright does the same thing and he's forced to retire. Frankly there's a considerable amount of truth in Rev. Wright's criticism. Undoubtably our history of repeated heavy handed manipulation of Middle Eastern politics did have something to do with bin Laden's decision to stage the 9/11 attacks. Pat Robertson's criticisms though are generally mean-spirited, bigoted and ignorant. Yet strangely associating with him is not seen as embarassing.
You have to remember that most Catholics are baptised Catholic, whereas I am not a baptised Catholic, but rather a baptised Anglican.
Nope, not at all, but why did it take him 20 years to do so? It's not like Rev. Wright just started preaching.
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