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05/05/08
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Dr. Charles Nestor, Senior Fellow at the National Clergy Council
In an attempt to clarify his position on race, patriotism, and
his theology the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, former pastor to Senator Barrack Obama,
has added to the firestorm and created further problems for the candidate for
the Democrat nomination for the presidency according to the Rev. Dr. Charles Nestor,
Senior Fellow at the Washington, D. C. based National Clergy Council.
"Dr. Wright in his recent addresses to churches, to the NAACP convention
in Detroit, and before the National Press Club reiterated his previous controversial
statements about America and his commitment to an Afro-centric world view, raising
even more questions than he answered," said Nestor In a detailed and a rather
esoteric rehearsal of black history Wright focused on the differences in black
and white learning styles, musical propensities, and religious experience. He
avoided comment on his profane references about the damning of the United States,
his characterization of the country as the KKK USA, and other statements found
by many to be offensive,
Nestor indicated that Wright explicitly tied his views to those of James Cone,
theology professor and liberation theology advocate. Liberation theology teaches
that God is the liberator of those who labor under the oppression of ruling classes,especially
in their economic pursuits, and that the gospel was given to provide a means of
freedom from the oppressors. This ostensible Christian theology has its roots
in the Marxist doctrines of class struggle and economic determinism.
Many within the Christian community will find this objectionable and not within
mainstream historic Christian teaching. Nestor concluded that Senator Obama must
now further explain to the electorate why he attended Trinity United Church of
Christ in Chicago for twenty years, and whether or not he embraces the pastor
and his controversial theology. Dr. Nestor resides in Lakeland, Florida.
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