Roundup: The Bible & Slavery w/ Doug Wilson, B. Loritts, & T. Anyabwile

Reformed pastor and author, Doug Wilson, wrote a controversial book called Black and Tan.  One of Wilson's major points in the book is that slavery as practiced in the U.S. was not abolished according to biblical standards.  As a result, we continue to experience the ongoing effects of that sin.

Wilson states,

"That our nation did not remove slavery in the way it ought to have been removed helps explain many of our nation’s problems in dealing with contemporary social evils. Those evils include abortion-on-demand, radical feminism, and rampant sodomy."

Although the book was published in 2005, a resurgence of debate has recently occurred.  Bryan Loritts read and reviewed Wilson's book critiquing Wilson for "extreme insensitivity."  Wilson responded with his own article. Then Thabiti Anyabwile entered the conversation after someone on Twitter asked him what he thought.RAAN has collected the flurry of articles posted in the last week by Loritts, Wilson, and Anyabwile in one place so you can follow the discussion.Discussion Question: Given the controversy and potential offensiveness of the author's opinions, do you think there's value in reading a book like Black and Tan? Why or why not? Click the following link to respond: The Forum

The Other | Bryan LorittsBryan Loritts Critiques Doug Wilson | Phillip HolmesWith a Bit of Menthol | Doug WilsonWhat 2013 Already? | Doug WilsonWhy Respond Publicly to Doug Wilson's "Black & Tan" | Thabiti AnyabwileDoug Wilson's Views on Race, Racism, Slavery, and the Bible | Thabiti AnyabwileDoes the Driving Logic of "Black and Tan" Hold Up? | Thabiti AnyabwilePatrick "Nostradamus" Henry | Doug WilsonSlavery and the Bible: The Perspective of This Abolitionist | Thabiti Anyabwile

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Love Is Never Later | Doug WilsonHow Koinonia Conquers | Doug WilsonThe Designated Ambition Pole | Doug WilsonSometimes the Exceptions Reveal How Far We’ve Gone with the Rule | Thabiti AnyabwileAdoni-bezek’s Thumbs and Toes | Doug WilsonThe Cost of Our Chosen Entanglements | Thabiti AnyabwileWater Is Thicker Than Blood | Doug WilsonResisting the Slavers | Doug WilsonThe Histories of the American South: A Caution Against Hegemonies | Thabiti AnyabwileWith Jello in My Hair | Doug WilsonAnother Point Where Wilson and I Almost Entirely Agree: On Doing History and Multiculturalism | Thabiti AnyabwileA Good Luck Wave Won’t Cut It | Doug WilsonIllustrating Racial Insensitivity in Black and Tan | Thabiti AnyabwileHarder Than It Looks | Doug WilsonA Theology of Apology | Doug WilsonI Can Be Insensitive, Too | Thabiti AnyabwileOnce More Into the Breach | Thabiti AnyabwileA Trigger Alert Study Bible | Doug WilsonOh, So Close… And Yet So Far Away | Thabiti AnyabwileAnother Rose Hedge Awaits | Doug WilsonHecklers Gonna Heck | Doug WilsonWhat Do the Noseguard and the Center Talk About? | Thabiti AnyabwileNothing In My Experience Like It | Doug Wilson