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The rebellious son of a Baptist minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright was hired by Trinity United Church of Christ in 1972 when he could find no Baptist church to take him. The congregation on 95th Street had recently adopted the motto "Unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian" and did not mind his fiery red Afro and black power agenda. Wright now leads the nation's largest UCC congregation. Members include hip-hop artist Common and Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama. Obama based his keynote speech to the 2004 Democratic National Convention on a Wright sermon called "Audacity to Hope." The sermon also inspired the title of Obama's second memoir. Wright continues to make waves with hi...
The rebellious son of a Baptist minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright was hired by Trinity United Church of Christ in 1972 when he could find no Baptist church to take him. The congregation on 95th Street had recently adopted the motto "Unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian" and did not mind his fiery red Afro and black power agenda. Wright now leads the nation's largest UCC congregation. Members include hip-hop artist Common and Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama. Obama based his keynote speech to the 2004 Democratic National Convention on a Wright sermon called "Audacity to Hope." The sermon also inspired the title of Obama's second memoir. Wright continues to make waves with his own audacity, questioning the common sense of Scripture, objecting to mandatory prayer in schools and clashing with clergy who preach prosperity theology. Wright again bucked convention by announcing plans to retire in May 2008 and tapping Rev. Otis Moss III as his successor. Many black pastors do not surrender their pulpits even when they become too feeble to serve.
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Honest question
People may be offended by the New Yorker cover, but then again it raises an honest question as all great political satire does. The question here is whether Barack Obama's rush to the center since early June is real, or will he revert to his political...Tags: The White House, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers
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It's personal, not politics with Jesse Jackson
What did the Rev. Jesse Jackson mean when he accused Barack Obama of ''talking down to black people''? That was the second question in my telephone interview with Jackson. My first was: ''Did you really say you wanted to castrate Obama?'' As the world...Tags: Political Candidates, Prosecution, George Bush, Elections, Barack Obama
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Israelis ponder Obama victory
Chicago Tribune correspondentJERUSALEM — David Gerstein, an Israeli artist, is uneasy about Barack Obama, worried that if he gets to the White House he might take American policy in the Middle East in new directions. "He talks about change, but the question is: What change?...Tags: Parties and Movements, National Government, Barack Obama, Mahmoud Abbas, Political Candidates
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Obama campaign slams New Yorker cover
The Swampby Katie Fretland The cover of the new New Yorker magazine depicts a caricature of Sen. Barack Obama as Muslim, standing in a the Oval Office with a flag burning in the fire place and a painting of Osama bin......Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Hyde Park, Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, Political Candidates
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Rev. Jackson's 'Obama trauma'
What did the Rev. Jesse Jackson mean when he accused Barack Obama of "talking down to black people"? That was the second question on my mind in a telephone interview with Jackson. My first was something like this: "Did you really say you wanted to...Tags: George Bush, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Bill Cosby, Father's Day
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Jackson apologizes for Obama remarks
Chicago Tribune reportersIn a moment that framed the generational divide in parts of the African-American community over Sen. Barack Obama's historic presidential bid, Jesse Jackson moved quickly Wednesday to apologize for disparaging remarks he made about his fellow Chicago...Tags: Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Al Sharpton
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Imagining the presidential election
One way to envision the McCain-Obama presidential race is as a boxing match — particularly like the famous Mohammed Ali championship fights. The deliberate McCain is like a Sonny Liston or George Foreman trying to cut the ring in half and force his...Tags: George Foreman, Polls, Economic Policy, Hillary Clinton, Personal Weapon Control
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The pulpit is the place for endorsing Jesus
In the Christian scriptures, Jesus warns that any person who causes a child to stumble in her faith in him would find it better to have a millstone tied around his neck and to be cast into the sea than face God's anger. The same can be said of any...Tags: Political Candidates, George Carlin, Trinity United Church of Christ, Terrorism, Adolf Hitler
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Halftime hits
When the clock struck midnight, 2008 was half over. That's one-half less over than Roger Clemens' career. It's completely kaput, along with his reputation. Roger the Dodger's fall from grace might be the biggest story of the year. Or would it be the...Tags: Tiger Woods, Tim Tebow, Super Bowl, Major League Baseball, Bill Clinton
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Obama courts conservatives with new faith program
The Associated PressTaking a page from President Bush, Democrat Barack Obama said today he wants to expand White House efforts to steer social service dollars to religious groups, risking protests in his own party with his latest aggressive reach for voters who usually...Tags: Terrorism, Barry Lynn, National Government, Political Candidates, Protestant
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