For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
The name of Noah’s son Ham has only been interpreted to mean “black” and this black is in a physical sense– not black eyes or black hair but black skin specifically. Ham’s name is said to represent a race, that is socially colored black people. However, J. Daniel Hays provides several meanings to provide a […]
Read MoreThe curse of Ham or the Hamitic curse was often employed by American southerners to justify the enslavement of African people. They argued that Africans were enslaved because it was God’s will and they were just playing their role in God’s judgment against this people group. This erroneous interpretation of sacred Scripture would also be […]
Read MoreNo matter our understanding or interpretation of what it means to be made in God’s image, whether the meaning be that we share a physical resemblance, serve as God’s representative on earth and/ or possess spiritual and/ or mental faculties similar to that of our Creator, all of humanity bears God’s image. The eyes of […]
Read More“Racism or the presupposition that one’s own race is superior or better than another is a denial that all people have been created in the image of God.” ~ J. Daniel Hays, From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race, p. 50
Read More“Adam and Eve are not Hebrews or Egyptians or Canaanites. It is incorrect for the White Church to view them as White or for the Black Church to view them as Black. Their ‘race’ is not identifiable; they are neither Negroid nor Caucasian, nor even Semitic. They become the mother and father of all peoples. […]
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The Raceless Gospel 