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Before Saint-Domingue and the Transatlantic slavery: African Christianity and African Islam (Part 2)
Christianity and Vodou in Haiti (Part 3) (En Kreyol e Angle)
Christianity and Vodou in Haiti (Part 3) (En Kreyol e Angle)
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On Race Relations: We are Humans First!
In a recent research done by the Gallup, it is reported that “Americans’ Worries About Race Relations at Record High.” Race relations have deep roots in human relations. The pressing issue in our current time is this: how are you treating “other human beings”–not other races?
If we can improve “human relations” in our society, there won’t be any race problem. We must first begin with people, race is secondary.
We are human beings. Human dignity transcends the boundary of race. Americans should worry about how to cultivate healthy and constructive human relations.
On Racial Unity
If we want racial healing and unity, stop spiritualizing social issues. Treat them for what they are. Social issues have deep spiritual implications and ethical consequences in human relationships.
For example, racial segregation is/was a social problem and widely accepted in our nation…so was the interracial marriage between white and black Americans that was legally prohibited in this country. Often, in Christian communities, Christians would quickly characterize them simply as a “sin problem” because they do not want to work through the dilemma of resolving these social issues. Instead, they would just pray and refuse to participate in or work toward solving these issues. We spiritualize social problems when we believe and act in such a way that prayer is the only solution and refuse to work together to challenge policies and ideologies that created those social and political problems.
Alternating My Reading Habit: To Encounter and be Transformed by Great Men and Women of History
Alternating My Reading Habit: To Encounter and be Transformed by Great Men and Women of History
For the next four months–beginning in March to July 2017– I’m going to alternate my reading habit. I will be reading the following autobiographies and biographies in that order, and attempt two of them monthly:
1. March 2017:
“Born To Rebel: An Autobiography” by Benjamin E. Mays
“The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays” by John Herbert Roper, Sr.
2. April 2017:
“A Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait” by Jervis Anderson
“A. Philip Randolph: The Religious Journey of An African American Labor Leader” by Cynthia Taylor
3. May 2017:
“Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol” by Nell Irvin Painter
“King: A Biography” by David L. Lewis
4. June 2017:
“Baldwin’s Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin” by Herb Boyd
“Reinhold Niebuhr: A biography” by Richard Fox
5. July 2017:
“The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre” by Jean-Paul Sartre
“Jean-Paul Sartre: A Life” by Annie Cohen- Solal
*Please keep me accountable to this commitment.
American Evangelicalism in Crisis!
American Evangelicalism in Crisis!
What is the crisis, you may ask?
Let me reiterate my basic claim: ” American Evangelicals have destroyed Christianity in America. They are Christianity’s worst enemy. In other words, the enemy is within.” As my friend said, “They also produce many atheists.”
Please read this important article, “Could Southern Baptist Russell Moore lose his job? Churches threaten to pull funds after months of Trump controversy,” published in The Washington Post
La Pensée du Jour: The Evangelical Mixed Allegiance: God or Caesar?
La Pensée du Jour: The Evangelical Mixed Allegiance: God or Caesar?
American Evangelicals have killed Christianity in America. They have also destroyed God. They’re more American than Christian. They have a mixed allegiance and passion: God or Caesar. In most cases, they’re more zealous about Caesar than God.
On Academic Integrity and Religious Commitment
On Academic Integrity and Religious Commitment
A person does not have to sacrifice or compromise his or her faith for the sake of scholarship or to attain academic fame/ prestige. One must not, however, undermine the evidence or the truth for the sake of safeguarding faith or religious conviction.
It is possible for maintain both intellectual (academic) integrity and religious commitment in the academia.
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