Barack Obama

The current debate about the impact on Rev. Wright's words on the nomination of Senator Obama has missed a critical set of concerns. Rev. Wright has posited in the marketplace of ideas that the dominant theology being preached in the black church is a liberation theology. While I appreciate and affirm this claim as my own theological orientation - which I believe holds true message of the gospel of Jesus - in reality, it is not true.

Secondly, the reification of the black liberation theological project as posited by Rev. Wright proves that the project is stalled. While Womanist critiques have offered some critical insight to the project, it remains, by James Cone's own admission, unimaginative in its development over the last generation. Hence, two questions emerge:

Today, March 21, is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, while reading this week’s address on race in America offered by Senator Barack Obama again would be an appropriate remembrance for the day, the following message from the Secretary General of the United Nations also embeds the moment in larger preparations for a world conference in 2009 and our individual responsibilities each day.