![]() ![]() Thurman cites Romans 13 and other passages as an example of how Paul’s status as citizen is woven into Paul’s theology. Paul was a Roman citizen and one that used that status. Jesus was poor and outside of Roman society. ![]() What is interesting and a new thought to me in that first chapter is Thurman’s contrast between Jesus and Paul and their different positions in society and how that seems to have impacted their theology. ![]() (I really don’t remember anyone citing Thurman, but based on the date of the book, I know that much of my reading would have been influenced by Thurman without citation.) Much of this I have heard others say previously. The first chapter of Jesus and the Disinherited is about Jesus and how his role as a member of a minority group and in poverty impacted the message of Jesus. (Before Martin Luther King Jr was at Boston.) ![]() Jesus and the Disinherited was based on a series of lectures and originally published in 1949. Howard Thurman was a classmate with King Sr and the Dean of the Chapel at Boston University while Martin Luther King Jr was working on his PhD. It famously was carried by Martin Luther King Jr almost everywhere he went as inspiration. This month the kindle edition is on sale for $2.99 and I picked it up. Jesus and the Disinherited has been recommended to me a number of times. Summary: A view of Christianity as the empowerment of the poor and disenfranchised. ![]()
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