Obama, Wright and the Black Church pt. 2
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Channel: The Real News Network · 2008 · News & Politics
More at http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080501YT Obama, Wright, and the Black Church Part 2 Obama, the movement and Rev Moss's sermon "Love they neighbor" Saturday May 10th, 2008 Prof. Dwight Hopkins of the University of Chicago talks to Paul Jay about the political consequences of Rev. Moss's sermon, in terms of health, education, care for seniors, and the poor. Dr. Hopkins asks if Obama can live up to his rhetoric and if the 'movement' for change will be able to push an Obama presidency in a more progressive direction. Dwight N. Hopkins teaches at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His latest works are Being Human: Race, Culture, and Religion; Walk Together Children: black and womanist theologies, church and theological education; Another World Is Possible: Spiritualities and Religions of Global Darker Peoples. Professor Hopkins is senior editor of the Henry McNeil Turner/Sojourner Truth Series in Black Religion (Orbis Books). He is an ordained American Baptist minister.
