{"id":38546,"date":"2024-09-19T03:58:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T10:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=38546"},"modified":"2024-09-19T03:58:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T10:58:38","slug":"racism-women-and-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/racism-women-and-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Racism, Women and Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fuller, Brett, Dreaming In Black And White.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1) What are the main pivotal points\/thesis of the books?<\/p>\n

Because there is sin in the world, where the majority victimizes the minority (I include all places in the world \u2013 not just the U.S.), I wonder if the generalized expression that \u201cracism will never end\u201d will haunt humanity\u2019s steps till HE comes again. [1]<\/a><\/p>\n

I am taken in with Brett Fuller\u2019s Epilogue in \u201cDreaming in Black and White<\/em>\u201d [2]<\/a><\/p>\n

He writes, \u201cI believe dark forces are behind the sin of bigotry and racism.\u00a0 Those forces can move individuals and entire groups to hate, to racism and to lies.\u00a0 If true, then we have a two-tiered battle, a fight at two levels.\u00a0 We must contend with love and legislation \u2026.Yet I think we see in the story I\u2019ve just told that there is a spiritual battle we must also fight. We have to take a prayerful stand against those invisible but powerful battalions that work behind the scenes.\u201d (169)<\/p>\n

Because Fuller so clearly identifies the spiritual battle, then the spiritual conclusion is that this sin, as all others, will continue to the \u201cend of times.\u201d \u00a0Ephesians 6 and the spiritual armor of God serves as a warning and as solution.<\/p>\n

Putting all cynicism aside, Fuller\u2019s words resonate loudly with me.\u00a0 \u201cWalk in love. Kneel in humility. Serve with the strength God provides.\u00a0 Speak the truth with compassion. Care for your enemy and do not rejoice when he fails.\u00a0 Be the difference you are trying to create.<\/p>\n

Let us set ourselves to the task. \u201c<\/p>\n

2) Fuller urges us \u00a0to BE the difference strongly reminds me of Greg Satell\u2019s, Cascades: How to Create a Movement That Drives Transformational Change.<\/em> [3]<\/a>\u00a0 How can we be the change?<\/p>\n

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Fuller, Brett High Ceilings: Women in Leadership<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1) What are the main pivotal points\/thesis of the books?<\/p>\n

Fuller lists the different categories on this topic.<\/p>\n

Complementarian:<\/strong> Men and women have different but complementary roles and responsibilities in marriage, family life, and religious leadership.<\/p>\n

Egalitarian:<\/strong> Positions of authority and responsibility in marriage and religion should be equally available to females as well as males.<\/p>\n

Complementary-Egalitarian:<\/strong> Within the bonds of matrimony and family, men and women have different but complementary roles and responsibilities.\u00a0 Outside of the familial context, positions of authority and responsibility should be equally available to females as well as males.<\/p>\n

Suppressionists:<\/strong> Men are superior to women in every way: therefore, women in every way; therefore, women need men to aid them in all areas of life.<\/p>\n

Fuller is in the Complementary Egalitarian camp. \u201cTherefore , in this preachers\u2019 estimation, a woman\u2019s functional ceiling in the church is as low as her gifting, calling, and capacity allow. (Kindle location, 41)<\/p>\n

2) Based on pivotal points\/thesis of the books, what questions would you like to ask the authors when you meet them?<\/p>\n

How can we be the element of change?<\/p>\n

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Wallis, Jim. God\u2019s Politics(4)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1) What are the main pivotal points\/thesis of the books?<\/p>\n

Wallis\u2019 title set the stage for the rest of his book, Why can\u2019t we talk about religion and politics?<\/em><\/p>\n

The major point, Fuller states, is \u201cThe real battle, the big struggle of our times, is the fundamental choice between cynicism and hope.\u201d (Kindle location 346)<\/p>\n

He goes on , \u201cSo they retreated to cynicism as the refuge from commitment\u2026Cynicism protects you from commitment.\u00a0 If things are not really going to change, why try too hard to make difference?\u201d<\/p>\n

The response to this cynicism is hope, states Wallis.\u00a0 He writes, \u201cHope is not a feeling, it is a decision.\u201d (Kindle 346)<\/p>\n

2) Based on pivotal points\/thesis of the books, what questions would you like to ask the authors when you meet them?<\/p>\n

What hope can we find in the two current conflicts, Israel\/Palestine, Ukraine\/Russia?<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> James Baldwin, a prominent author and civil rights activist, often addressed the seemingly never-ending nature of racial injustice in works like “The Fire Next Time” (1963) and “Notes of a Native Son” (1955). His writings discuss the deep-rooted systems of oppression and the challenges of eradicating racism.<\/p>\n

Ta-Nehisi Coates, in his essay “The Case for Reparations” (2014) and his book “Between the World and Me” (2015), speaks about the historical and systemic nature of racism, often highlighting how it continues to impact modern society.<\/p>\n

Frantz Fanon, in works like “Black Skin, White Masks” (1952) and “The Wretched of the Earth” (1961), discusses the deeply ingrained systems of colonialism and racism, expressing pessimism about the ease of overcoming these structures.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> BRETT FULLER, DREAMING IN BLACK AND WHITE<\/em> (S.l.: BOOKBABY, 2021).<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Greg Satell, Cascades: How to Create a Movement That Drives Transformational Change<\/em> (New York Chicago San Francisco Athens London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi Singapore Sydney Toronto: McGraw-Hill Education, 2019).<\/p>\n

{4} Jim Wallis, God\u2019s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn\u2019t Get It<\/i>, 1. paperback ed., [Nachdr.] (New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2008).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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