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Danté Stewart (Stew)
@stewartdantec
As I read the Christian scriptures, I see that when Jesus loved people, he wasn’t just concerned about their souls, but he was concerned about the conditions and positions of their bodies in society. He wasn’t just concerned about relationships, he was concerned about power.
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Danté Stewart (Stew)
@stewartdantec
In his ministry and his message, Jesus constantly “troubled”, as theorist Judith Butler writes, the religious, social, and politics waters. He expanded ideas and practices of what and who matters.
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Danté Stewart (Stew)
@stewartdantec
The late theologian Katie Cannon is right: we can’t just condemn oppression or talk about the wrongness of oppression is some generalized way—we must dismantle and decolonize theologies and systems that give oppression power.
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Danté Stewart (Stew)
@stewartdantec
“To do power analysis,” she writes, “means we investigate the beliefs, behaviors, and assumptions that are often unspoken and unwritten, but yet they dictate institutional culture.” In other words, if your faith doesn’t deal with power, it is problematic.
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Danté Stewart (Stew)
@stewartdantec
And while you’re here, some book recommendations. They deal well with the substance of the thread in interdisciplinary ways. Don’t let these people fool you: to be a Christian is always to be growing in our spirituality and love—that includes learning, wrestling, and changing.
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