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Black & Tan: A Collection of Essays and Excursions on Slavery, Culture War, and Scripture in America

por Douglas Wilson

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If we want to understand culture wars on the contemporary American scene, we must first come to grips with the American culture wars of the nineteenth century. That our nation did not remove slavery in a biblical way helps explain many of our contemporary social evils. But who is qualified to talk about such things? What is a biblical view of racism? Why do the biblical answers to such questions so infuriate the radical left and the radical right? This collection of essays lays out some of the answers from a view unashamed of historic biblical absolutism. "The Reverend Douglas Wilson may not be a professional historian, as his detractors say, but he has a strong grasp of the essentials of the history of slavery and its relation to Christian doctrine. Indeed, sad to say, his grasp is a great deal stronger than that of most professors of American history, whose distortions and trivializations disgrace our college classrooms. And the Reverend Mr. Wilson is a fighter, especially effective in defense of Christianity against those who try to turn Jesus' way of salvation into pseudo-moralistic drivel." - Eugene Genovese, Ph.D., Columbia University, author of nine books including Roll Jordan Roll: The World the Slaves Made, winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History, teaching positions at Rutgers, University of Rochester, Yale, Cambridge, and formerly a distinguished scholar in residence for the University Center, Georgia.… (mais)
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Wilson is an incredible writer and this book is a joy, in part, because it is an opportunity to observe a master in his craft.

Concerning the content of the book, as opposed to the style, I can only say that the jury of my mind is still out. I have easily determined that many of the arguments against him, the ones that first introduced me to this book, are the epitome of a straw man. I hope they reflect the intuitions of people who never actually read the book, otherwise the misrepresentations are more likely intentional and less likely excusable.

At the same time, I recognize that the book and its claims merit more consideration. I am not entirely convinced that certain injustices don't require immediate, active, and perhaps forceful resistance (for instance, I am sympathetic to Bonhoeffer's resistance of Hitler). And while Wilson makes some strong points, I can't help but think slavery is one of these injustices. Simultaneously I recognize that the history of violence on both sides of the racial divide is a major contributor the the endurance of the divide.

I am excited to review the interchange between Wilson and Thabiti Anyabwile concerning the book. I recognize that my responsibility goes beyond understanding the historical causes for the racial tensions in America. Instead, it is my responsibility to ask how I can contribute to real, Phil. 2:1-11 style, unity. Wilson's book may have identified some of the historical causes for disunity, but I don't believe it moves us toward a solution. My hope and expectation is that his interchange with Anyabwile will help to make up for this lack.

For an overview of their interactions, with links to articles, follow this link
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabitianyabwile/2013/04/02/a-black-and-tan-...

Both men offer final thoughts here: http://dougwils.com/s7-engaging-the-culture/a-final-wrap-up-thabiti-anyabwile-an...

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Update: though it took a while, I have now read each post in the Wilson/Anybwile interchange. I hope that if Black and Tan is ever revised (and it needs to be, at least to fix the font issues on the kindle edition), this dialogue will be included in full. I enjoyed B&T, but the discussion that followed was far more beneficial. It was a beautiful model of how Christians can engage in debate over sensitive issues in a way that is charitable and glorifying to God! ( )
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If we want to understand culture wars on the contemporary American scene, we must first come to grips with the American culture wars of the nineteenth century. That our nation did not remove slavery in a biblical way helps explain many of our contemporary social evils. But who is qualified to talk about such things? What is a biblical view of racism? Why do the biblical answers to such questions so infuriate the radical left and the radical right? This collection of essays lays out some of the answers from a view unashamed of historic biblical absolutism. "The Reverend Douglas Wilson may not be a professional historian, as his detractors say, but he has a strong grasp of the essentials of the history of slavery and its relation to Christian doctrine. Indeed, sad to say, his grasp is a great deal stronger than that of most professors of American history, whose distortions and trivializations disgrace our college classrooms. And the Reverend Mr. Wilson is a fighter, especially effective in defense of Christianity against those who try to turn Jesus' way of salvation into pseudo-moralistic drivel." - Eugene Genovese, Ph.D., Columbia University, author of nine books including Roll Jordan Roll: The World the Slaves Made, winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History, teaching positions at Rutgers, University of Rochester, Yale, Cambridge, and formerly a distinguished scholar in residence for the University Center, Georgia.

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