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THE QUESTION
Jeremiah Wright's Sermons
Jeremiah Wright's sermons continue to be an issue in the presidential campaign. Why? What do you think of his preaching style? What do you wish you understood better about it?
Posted by
Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on April 28, 2008 9:13 AM
FROM THE PANEL
T.D. Jakes | I implore you to not take the divisive words of a few and depict the thoughts, hearts and motives of many.
Black Theology Seeks the Liberation of All
Obama is a person of courageous integrity. He could have ingratiated himself to white Americans by repudiating his pastor completely. He did nothing of the sort. That speaks volumes for the man.
Posted by Desmond Tutu, on May 6, 2008 10:59 AM
Church is One Body, Many Voices
T.D. Jakes | I implore you to not take the divisive words of a few and depict the thoughts, hearts and motives of many.
Desmond Tutu: Liberation in Black Theology
Posted by T.D. Jakes, on May 6, 2008 8:23 AM
White Ignorance, Wright's Narcissism
I have read the full text of Jeremiah Wright's remarks and I can recognize an egomaniac, black or white, when I read one. Wright represents the "black church" in the same sense that Rod Parsley, John McCain's wacko spiritual adviser, represents the "white church."
Posted by Susan Jacoby, on May 5, 2008 12:50 PM
A Test Case for Obama's Idealism
In Wright's world view, there is us and them, going back thousands of years. Therefore, he belongs, or so the public perceives, to the divisive camp in racial politics, not the uniting camp
Posted by Deepak Chopra, on May 4, 2008 11:19 AM
Can Wright's Rants Lead to Real Discussion?
If there’s anything redeeming about the Jeremiah Wright controversy, it is that it may lead to a long-overdue national discussion of race and reconciliation. It obviously can’t be conducted in the midst of a political campaign, nor should it necessarily be led by politicians—but it needs to happen soon.
Posted by Charles "Chuck" Colson, on May 2, 2008 9:02 AM
The Glories and Agonies of the Pulpit
Any pastor’s sermons can be an issue for the folks in the pews. But these sermons are now in the relentless news cycle. And there, blinded by the bright lights and passions of a presidential campaign, most observers will miss the real dynamics of the pastor-parishioner relationship.
Posted by William Tully, on May 2, 2008 8:01 AM
Rev. Wright and the Religious Right
Susan Thistlethwaite | The weakness of Rev. Wright’s theology is that it locks us into the “good vs. evil” frame, the same frame used by the religious right.
Posted by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, on May 2, 2008 6:12 AM
Jeremiah Wright: Black Preaching in Context
“On Faith” says that “Jeremiah Wright’s sermons continue to be an issue in the presidential campaign.” Would that they were! For 36 years they have motivated their hearers to Christian hope and to extensive ministries of help in south Chicago.
Posted by Willis E. Elliott, on May 1, 2008 11:45 AM
The Prophet Jeremiah
If the theology of Rev. Wright leads him to curse the United States, that is his constitutionally protected right for the free practice of his religion. The prophets in the Bible, notably his namesake Jeremiah, were the most vocal of history in cursing Israel.
Posted by Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, on May 1, 2008 10:21 AM
Media's Glare Off Focus, Again
The black churches I have attended and the black pastors I know are the antithesis of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but they are never interviewed on TV which prefers rhetorical bomb throwers.
Posted by Cal Thomas, on May 1, 2008 2:43 AM
A Curse or a Warning?
These are exceptionally daunting times. And one might even argue that their challenge bears more attention than all that being meted out to a single, intemperate phrase from a Chicago minister
Posted by Gustav Niebuhr, on April 30, 2008 7:34 AM
Jeremiah Wright & Guilt by Association
Some of the things that Jeremiah Wright said to his congregation were obnoxious and untrue even when seen in context.
Posted by Thomas J. Reese, S.J., on April 30, 2008 6:17 AM
Wright Shows He's No Politician
His talk on Monday showed him to be a complex figure--a man of great intelligence and vision who, in a sense, is refusing in spite of Obama’s declining poll numbers to stop preaching the message he’s preached all along.
Posted by Lisa Miller, on April 29, 2008 7:46 AM
FEATURED COMMENTS
Rick: To understand Black Liberation theology is to understand the Rev Wright. Here is an interesting quote from James Cone one of Black Liberati...
Jules Modlinski: All the critics comments on Rev. Wright's remarks boil down the time-honored position of White America not truly wanting Black American to s...
Jazz: I guess America is shocked to hear the perspective of an African American male, who is also a minister, who also has a PhD in Religion and S...
