MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
As America remembers the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his assassination Wednesday, segments of one influential American demographic are reflecting on their role in perpetuating the white supremacy that the civil rights leader rallied against.
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Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, recently wrote about how poorly many conservative Christians responded to King's call to dismantle racism, often using their faith and the Bible to reject support for integration. Moore wrote in the Memphis Commercial-Appeal last week:
“Conservative Christians must be careful to remember the ways in which our cultural anthropology perverted our soteriology and ecclesiology. It is to our shame that we ignored our own doctrines to advance something as clearly demonic as racial pride.
So, regardless of our backgrounds, it is appropriate that we pause and consider not only Dr. King’s life and legacy, but also our own past and future. As we do so, we are reminding ourselves of how far we have to go as Americans to see the promise of racial justice realized.”
Moore's group is partnering this week with the Gospel Coalition, a network of conservative evangelicals, to host MLK50 in Memphis to take an “opportunity for Christians to reflect on the state of racial unity in the church and the culture.”
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Eugene Scott, WaPo today.
Comments
It s been 50 years and many white Evangelicals still have not gotten the message. Some black Christians did join white Evangelical churches. There has been some buyer’s remorse. Blacks are quietly exiting these churches because they feel no support from white Evangelicals regarding issues of race.
From the NYT link
It is hard to reconcile a vote for Trump with racial harmony.
by rmrd0000 on Tue, 04/03/2018 - 5:39pm
"On the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, faith groups rally to combat systemic racism", Michelle Boorstein, Julie Zauzmer, and DeNeen L. Brown, WaPo today at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/04/04/on-the-a...
by AmericanDreamer on Wed, 04/04/2018 - 2:52pm
good to see them getting this coverage
by artappraiser on Wed, 04/04/2018 - 3:02pm
From the WaPo article
These are the true Evangelicals. The Trump apologists are missing the message.
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 04/04/2018 - 3:08pm
Speaking of evangelicals...Trudeau, yesterday: http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2018/04/22
by AmericanDreamer on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 4:06pm