Jeremiah Wright, liberation theology, and Thabiti Anyabwile
Wow! There is a lot of buzz in the “religion & politics” news this week regarding Barack Obama and his pastor former pastor Jeremiah Wright
I understand that a pastor feels a burden to show courage and boldness in the face of hostility towards personally-held beliefs, but you’ve got to be amazed at his absolute inconsideration to his friend Barack, knowing the impact his statements might have on Obama’s campaign.
Ok, that ends my armchair-politics talk (an area I know little of, and care even less about).
Now, onto what I find even more interesting about all this – the theological element.
Liberation theology is getting a lot of air time these days (see here for today’s Google news search of the term). I’m not so sure all the pundits know what they are talking about when they use the term.
Nevertheless, there is a lot of talk about Wright’s own liberation theology. As I’ve read some of the…
