Comments on: Race and Politics: Using Theological Language for Nationalist Ends http://www.christopherlayton.org/2008/03/18/race-and-politics-using-theological-language-for-nationalist-ends/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:54:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: adamsteward http://www.christopherlayton.org/2008/03/18/race-and-politics-using-theological-language-for-nationalist-ends/#comment-1686 adamsteward Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:52:01 +0000 http://www.christopherlayton.org/2008/03/18/race-and-politics-using-theological-language-for-nationalist-ends/#comment-1686 Hey Chris. I completely agree with your analysis. Obama's rhetorical skills truly are refreshing. I feel like I have to criticize him for believing in America. However, even though it is clear to me that the America he believes in doesn't exist, I still would welcome his vision as president over any of the other candidates right now. Still, we have to be clear as Christians in affirming that even a state as noble as that envisioned by Obama cannot save us. <blockquote>Also, by exchanging the narrative of American prosperity for the narrative of the Cross, Obama truly does repudiate Reverend Wright and any narrative of human fallenness which can only be reconciled at the foot of the Cross</blockquote>. Well put. Hey Chris. I completely agree with your analysis. Obama’s rhetorical skills truly are refreshing. I feel like I have to criticize him for believing in America. However, even though it is clear to me that the America he believes in doesn’t exist, I still would welcome his vision as president over any of the other candidates right now. Still, we have to be clear as Christians in affirming that even a state as noble as that envisioned by Obama cannot save us.

Also, by exchanging the narrative of American prosperity for the narrative of the Cross, Obama truly does repudiate Reverend Wright and any narrative of human fallenness which can only be reconciled at the foot of the Cross

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Well put.

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