Obama, Trinitarian Theology and Christianity
Barack Obama thanked God when he announced for president. Last night we learned that his God is the Black Theologian, James Cone’s “god”. He is the “god of the oppressed” be that latin, asian, indian or black. There is a distinct racist overtone in this theology, for which, Obama will publicly need to respond. That is informative and troubling. Informative because we know where Obama and his church stand on issues of historic Christian orthodoxy, troubling because he is so persuasive and charismatic in his demeanor. Watch as evangelicaldom in its short-sightedness relative to history of theology issues evaluates [and probably patronizes] him. I personally heard Cone in the ’70′s and read his stuff–Martin Luther, John Wesley and John Calvin–he ain’t.