[...]But today, black pastors and black theologians have little sustained dialogue. Consequently, the black church is not hearing the critical insights of its trained theologians, biblical scholars and ethicists on such complicated moral issues as growing income inequality, marriage equality and climate change. Moreover, black theology has retreated far into the enclaves of academia, having little influence in the churches and on the ground. This increasing divide means that the black church is losing its mind, that is critical insight into its historic sense of mission and black theology is losing its heart, the will and wherewithal to actually change the world. Perhaps that is why gospel music -- popular in churches and mainstream culture -- shows virtually no evidence of any social consciousness at all. At a critical time, in which some sectors of the society, such as the criminal justice system are actually worse than they were fifty years ago, there is no real movement and no movement songs. - Reverend Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, Ph.D., Senior Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church H/T Bee Columbus
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:46:33 +0000
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