Tag Archives: J. Kameron Carter

The New Black Theology And The Patristics

TOWARDS A CRITICAL RACE THEOLOGY? Traditionally, the Patristics and their work were used as apologetics to protect Christians and our propositional truth claims. Tertullian agrees with me! No Augustine agrees with me! Origen is a heretic! Clement of Alexandria? Can … Continue reading

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The Patristics And The Abolition of Slavery

I am still up in the air when it comes to the apostle Paul and his views on the enslavement of human beings in his letters.  It’s more ambiguous than what either side is telling us, that’s where I stand … Continue reading

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Celucien Joseph on New Testament Studies and Racial Discourse

Lou Joseph, continuing to re-read and reflect on J. Kameron Carter’s Race: A Theological Account, has started to ask what does Carter’s work mean for biblical studies, particularly the Quests for Historical Jesus. “It would be nice for a biblical … Continue reading

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Pacifism As Christian Discipleship part 1 of 2

A Response to Daniel M. Bell, Jr. This post has been several months in the making. Not that it has been in my queue for a while but ever since fellow biblioblogger Craig Falvo and I have had back and … Continue reading

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