Book

Jesus and the Disinherited

Thurman, Howard · 1949

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Themechristianity as complicityracetraitor chargeoutside witnessslave shipswitness from outsideconfrontationracial identity

Context1949lived_experience

What this book knows

Jesus spoke to the disinherited poor — and his teachings are a survival manual for the oppressed, not a comfort for the powerful.

Sex: Absent
Work: Absent
Learning: Present
Religion: Primary

trauma-and-survivalobedience-and-authorityfaith-and-doubt

obedience-and-authority

The white minister used as his text: 'Slaves, be obedient to them that are your masters… as unto Christ.' God's will that we were slaves.
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She was most particular about the choice of Scripture. The Pauline epistles, never — except, at long intervals, the thirteenth chapter of First…
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faith-and-doubt

The people who dealt in the slave traffic were Christians. One famous hymn writer made his money from the sale of slaves. I am a Hindu. I do not understand.
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The whole crucial issue was pointed up to me in a way I can never forget. We drank our coffee in silence.
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trauma-and-survival

I promised my Maker that if I ever learned to read and if freedom ever came…
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Illuminates

4 published passages · book excerpt · lived experience

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