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Comments about 'Whiteness' prompt controversy at Sparrow Women conference [View all]
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A Christian organization whose mission is to equip women to be peacemakers has been accused of trying to erase comments by a black Christian speaker about white supremacy.
During an onstage interview, Ekemini Uwan, a Nigerian-American public theologian, told an audience at the recent Sparrow Conference for Women in Dallas that their concept of race was incompatible with the Bible.
In response, several women walked out....
Uwan, a Westminster Theological Seminary alumna, was interviewed at the conference by Elizabeth Woodson, Sparrow Womens resources coordinator.
Race is not a category in the Bible. It did not exist because it is not something that will be redeemed it was meant to hold and hoard power, Uwan told Woodson, according to a transcript of the interview provided by conference attendee Carmen J. Caccavale.
During an onstage interview, Ekemini Uwan, a Nigerian-American public theologian, told an audience at the recent Sparrow Conference for Women in Dallas that their concept of race was incompatible with the Bible.
In response, several women walked out....
Uwan, a Westminster Theological Seminary alumna, was interviewed at the conference by Elizabeth Woodson, Sparrow Womens resources coordinator.
Race is not a category in the Bible. It did not exist because it is not something that will be redeemed it was meant to hold and hoard power, Uwan told Woodson, according to a transcript of the interview provided by conference attendee Carmen J. Caccavale.
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2019/04/06/comments-about-whiteness-prompt-walkout-at-sparrow-women-conference/
Ms. Uwan speaks to the concept of race, and how that concept is used.
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Comments about 'Whiteness' prompt controversy at Sparrow Women conference [View all]
guillaumeb
Apr 2019
OP
"I'm just telling the truth, which in and of itself is controversial," she said.
Kind of Blue
Apr 2019
#1
I was quoting an earlier statement, which is where your implicit definition lay
marylandblue
Apr 2019
#29
No, 99.9999% of Christians believe that there is a definition of Christianity
marylandblue
Apr 2019
#35
You are the Christian, not me. You are apparently the only Christian in history
marylandblue
Apr 2019
#44
That just supports my claim: You are the only Christian in the world who thinks that.
marylandblue
Apr 2019
#48