Theology That Bites Back
Dear Gavin, Thanks for the nudge. We apparently got distracted from our task. Your letter reminded me that we still have a considerable amount of ground to get to. So we already covered how it is okay to be white. Radical, I know. People who are white should be grateful to God for it, but …
Dear Gavin, As we have been corresponding about identity issues, and particularly the ethnic ramifications of them, it seems that another presidential election has crept up behind us unawares. Naturally someone in your position is going to ask what on earth he is supposed to do. Or, given the larger issues we have been discussing …
Dear Gavin, I know that we have been talking primarily about whites and blacks, but I want to change the subject, moving over to the Jews for just a moment. This is only an apparent change of ...
Dear Gavin, It was really great meeting you in person last week. Thanks for making the trek over our way, and it was great worshiping together with you. Our conversation after church really helped ...
Dear Gavin, In my last letter, I went into the origins of the authenticity jive. What we need to do now is analyze this a little bit more. If we do this, it will not stop our stereotyping and projecting, but it will help us to understand it a little bit better. We can at …
Dear Gavin, As promised last time, we are now going to start getting into the vexed issue of black/white relations in America. But before we can do that, I have to address something else. We have to set the stage. That “something else” is what might be called the doctrine of primitivism. This is not …
Dear Gavin, So we have all these different tribes, all over the world, doing their thing. Where does all the animosity between them come from? And what are these distinct ethnicities exactly, ...
Dear Gavin, Thanks for your last letter. Clearly it is time for us to get into the ethnic issues, or at least to start on them. You will notice, right at the front end, that I much prefer to use the ...
Dear Gavin, Thanks for your quick reply. I really think this exchange is going to be fruitful. At least I hope so. In my last letter, I warned that it was possible that you were going to ...
Dear Gavin, Thanks very much for contacting me. I am glad that Dawson encouraged you to do that. Dawson is a great kid, the best of relatives. From what you wrote, and from what Dawson told ...
