Comments on: Featured: THE CHRISTIAN IMAGINATION by Willie Jennings [Vol. 3, #28]

By: editor

editor — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:20:27 +0000

Jeremy —

Good question. Their work is complementary. Maybe this is too simplistic a characterization, but Carter’s work tends to focus more on the philosophical emergence of race, where Jennings is more interested in socio-political elements.

James K.A. Smith’s brief reflection “Theology and Race: A ‘Duke School?’” is worth reading:
http://forsclavigera.blogspot.com/2010/10/theology-and-race-duke-school.html

Hope that you are well,
Chris

By: Jeremy Dowsett

Jeremy Dowsett — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:51:39 +0000

Chris,

How does Jenning’s thesis jibe or not with J. Cameron Carter’s? You compare the relative value of the two books, but don’t say anything about the connections or tensions between their ideas. Are their analyses of the race/theology relationship compatible, similar, dissonant?

By: Susan Adams

Susan Adams — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:15:57 +0000

Wow, great review, Chris! I wish we had all read and prepared to discuss this book before the EP Gathering on race and the church a couple of years ago. How much richer and more meaningful would our work have been with such a text?

As always, I appreciate the strong and important work you and Brent do to deepen our thinking and to enrich our collective conversation at ECC.