Why the Bible Doesn't Talk about "Racism" (and What it has to Say to Us about it Anyway)
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2020
- Part 1 of our series on The Bible and Social Justice. Meditation by Katherine Museus Dabay, Associate Pastor at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Franklin, TN.
If you search the Bible for the word “racism,” you won’t find it anywhere. Why? Because the idea of “race" didn’t exist when the books of the Bible were being written. But through the Bible God still teaches us about some of the main issues behind the word "racism," like how we treat one another and how we respond to the "ways of the world."
Link to sermon text: katherinemdabay.wordpress.com...
Resources:
"The Historical Origins and Development of Racism" by George M. Fredrickson: www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-02-01.htme
Scene on Radio (podcast) series Seeing White: Ep. 2 "How Race was Made" and Ep. 3 "Made in America" : podcast episodes and transcripts at www.sceneonradio.org
Notes/Edits:
-In her book Birth of a White Nation, Jacqueline Battalora names 1671 as the year when "White" became a legal term of classification.
You are a rare breed on this planet. Your message will definitely reach four corners of the world and people from around the globe will always whisper your name in their prayers.
Your analysis was spot on! I am an athiest, to be honest, I was not expecting such a thoughtful breakdown of the invention of racial constructs and theory that are far more recent than we've been led to believe. Your analysis showed a deep level of knowledge and respect. These types of talks are encouraging, a silver lining, in this most difficult problem, of structural racism in this county. Encouraging because, this time around, it seems that white folks are finally ready to have the hard and awkward discussion that forces them to face and analyze their constructed whiteness. This has been a crucial and missing key to honest racial discussion, socially, since the civil rights era. Too often the onus, the labor, of exposing, indicting and resisting structural racism has been placed on the black or person of color affected. It is time these conversations be had between white folks. For it is their constructed identity that comes at the cost of everyone elses. We all play a hand in upholding these systems, me included, but a start would be recognizing our own privilege. These conversations are loaded and we all come with prejudice but if we could all carryon dialogue like yours, the world, WE, would be so much better. Thank you again, the effort you put into this video and conversation are so much appreciated.
Thank you Pastor for this sermon of God's will for us to love one another the way he loves us. May God continue to lift up and bless your ministry! Sending #PeaceAndLove from Texas
God bless you, Pastor. This is one of the most loving, courageous, righteous and powerful sermons that I have ever heard on this subject. May God bless the dissemination of this message.
It is because of believers like you that we will see the Kingdom of God in operation on this Earth. This teaching was full of truth and love. I have been asking these questions for all of my life. I have been searching and finding answers for years. It is relevant for me because I am what the world calls a black man. The treatment many times is AWFUL. I often ask myself would I feel the same way if the treatment did not pertain to me? But I have a life of hope because I am a believer of Jesus Christ . The bottom line is this, anyone not willing to receive or consider your teaching DOES NOT truly understand the character of God. To understand the Word of God is to understand His character. Thank you for the teaching My Sister. Continue to be thou Bold and Courageous. May the peace and the protection of God be with you! 🙏❤
Bro what she left out that us the Black Americans are the people from the Bible look up Negro Village in Spain a great Hebrew warrior helped the king of Spain defeat the Moors so the king gave him a Village then the black jews was kicked out of Spain and Portugal in 1492 by King John the 2nd in sent them to West Africa over Christianity the real black Jews that didn't want to convert to Christianity was going to west Africa and the 5th Pope was the one that wrote the letter to start the slave trade to our people in west Africa because he hated the Black Jews
Why let a woman be a pastor? The word instructs for women to be silent in the churches
Very Good! Thank you.
Fantastic! So proud of you for naming Racism and tackling this topic.
I wish that you could say this directly to my own mother. She is racist and I have two mixed children. It breaks my heart how she treats them.
being prejudice and being a racialist/racist is different
@@breexybee8926 But being hateful is evil enough. Don't get stuck in semantics - both are hateful and evil.
The concept of race developed from the concept of classism. Rich and poor became white and black.
don't forget the dum diversas/doctrine of discovery of the 1400's
Anybody who needs the scripture to specifically address racism in order to know how wrong it is....isn't a real Christian.
who are the israelites?
It does say, love thy neighbor as thy self.
meaning the 12 tribes
It does. But good luck getting racists to see everybody as their neighbor.
That only applies to the Hebrews. Not Gentiles and Heathen nations. The laws, statutes and commandments were given to the Hebrews only.
Jubilees 22:16-17
[16]And do thou, my son Jacob, remember my words, And observe the commandments of Abraham, thy father: Separate thyself from the nations, And eat not with them: And do not according to their works, And become not their associate; For their works are unclean, And all their ways are a Pollution and an abomination and uncleanness.
[17]They offer their sacrifices to the dead And they worship evil spirits, And they eat over the graves, And all their works are vanity and nothingness.
It was written during a time where everyone was the same colour
Black
@@icemike1 Not really.
People started to have White skin around 8,000 years ago, Judaism and Christianity came after that.
But it’s more likely than not that Jesus had brown skin, and people around him had brown skin.
@@theusa4052 there is no 8000 years ago. Earth is a few thousands years old.
@@worm_and_no_man When were the dinosaurs roaming around?
you have not quoted one scripture in this speech? where is your proof from the bible?
She quotes St Paul in the book of Galatians
If you knew your bible you would not need quotes.
is judaism in the bible?
Yes… that’s the first half of the Christian Bible and the entirety of the Jewish Bible.
who did the Lord call christians?
The so called bible does not talk about racism simply because this is a racist book
where in the bible does it say the jew ish were oppressed?
I feel like you didn’t read the Bible.
In your last comment you asked of Judaism is in the Bible, I said yes, it is. The Jewish people were enslaved by the Egyptians.