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Contents1 e Other 4
2 Bryan Loritts Critiques Doug Wilson 6
3 With a Bit of Menthol 7
4 What? 2013 Already? 10
5 Why Respond Publicly to Douglas Wilsons Black and Tan? 14
6 All in the Original Hebrew 16
7 Douglas Wilsons View on Race, Racism, Slavery and the Bible 17
8 Does the Driving Logic of Black and Tan Hold Up? 21
9 Patrick Nostradamus Henry 25
10 Slavery and the Bible: e Perspective of is Abolitionist 30
11 Love Is Never Later 36
12 Sometimes the Exceptions Reveal How Far Weve Gone with the Rule 39
13 Adoni-bezeks umbs and Toes 43
14 e Cost of Our Chosen Entanglements 48
15 Water is icker an Blood 51
16 Resisting the Slavers 54
17 e Histories of the American South: A Caution against Hegemonies 55
18 With Jello in My Hair 60
19 Another Point WhereWilson and I Almost Entirely Agree: On Doing His-tory and Multiculturalism 63
20 A Good Luck Wave Wont Cut It 68
21 Illustrating Racial Insensitivity in Black and Tan 71
22 Harder an It Looks 79
23 A eology of Apology 84
24 I Can Be Insensitive, Too 87
25 Once More Into the Breach: Pushing Toward Reconciliation 88
26 Trigger Alert Study Bible 91
27 Oh, So Close And Yet So Far Away 94
28 Another Rose Hedge Awaits 97
29 Hecklers Gonna Heck 98
30 A Black and Tan Round-Up 102
31 What Do the Noseguard and the Center Talk About? 106
32 Nothing In My Experience Like It 113
33 A Final Wrap-Up: abiti Anyabwile and Douglas Wilson 114
A How Koinonia Conquers 118
B e Designated Ambition Pole 126
C e Current Battle for Richmond 128
D Blending of church cultures reflects vision of God 130
1 e OtherBryan Crawford Lori sMarch 7th, 2013
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2 Bryan Loritts Critiques Doug WilsonPhillip HolmesMarch 8, 2013
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3 With a Bit of MentholDouglas WilsonMarch 8, 2013
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in utero
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failure
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4 What? 2013 Already?Douglas WilsonMarch 10 2013
yes
am
outinto
we dont have to guess
thisother
are
way
of the same church
doulos kurios
somesome
and they do so plainly
accurately
for a reason
5 Why Respond Publicly to Douglas Wilsons Blackand Tan?
abiti AnyabwileMarch 12, 2013
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1. Im writing publicly becauseWilsons book is in the public domain, in fact,freely offered to anyone who wishes to download it.
should
2. As far as I know, Wilson has not retracted his book or anything in his bookBlack and Tan.
Southern Slavery: As It Was
3. Im writing publicly to counter, as best I can, what might be called the rot-ten egg effect in these matters.
4. Im writing publicly because I have a pastoral concern for anyone that mayread the book and treat it either as sound in reasoning or an acceptable model fordealing with controversial subjects and the fallout they inspire.
5. Finally, Im writing because I need to account for my public statementsin-cluding tweets, which I know to be a medium far too simplistic for issues thisvolatile.
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6 All in the Original HebrewDouglas WilsonMarch 13, 2013
moi
some
still
busybodies
that
his
7 DouglasWilsons View on Race, Racism, Slavery andthe Bible
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Wilson on Racism
Wilson on Slavery As a System
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1. e Bible speaks authoritatively about slavery and Christians are duty-bound to obeyits teaching
2. e slave trade was an abomination and is clearly rejected in the Bible
3. e slavery regulated in the Mosaic law differs from slavery in pagan empires likeRome.
in Africa
generations
carefully
4. Christians must denounce as ama er of biblical principle any racism, racial animosity,
or racial vainglory involved in American slavery or any other race-based system of slavery.
5. e gospel is antithetical to slavery as a system and would, over time, lead to theeradication of slavery everywhere.
6. e best subversion of slavery occurs when Christian slaves and slave owners carefullyobey the dictates of Scripture.
7. Godly social renewal is never bloodthirsty.
subverts
witha itude
a itude
Why Bother?
Conclusion
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Important CommentDouglas WilsonMarch 13, 2013
8 Does the Driving Logic of Black and Tan Hold Up?abiti Anyabwile
March 14, 2013
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Is is an Appropriate Strategy for Either Discussing Slavery or InformingOur Contemporary Battles?
First, the authority of the Bible was not widely in question during the coun-
trys long dispute over slavery and its end.
Civil War as a eological Crisis
strengthened
they deeply troubled religious believers of almost all sorts.radical abolitionists frightened away
from antislavery many moderateswho were not willing to give up loyalty to Scripture Civil
War
mainstream
in the main howwhether
Mind of the MasterClass: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders Worldview
e Civil War as a eological CrisisSlavery A acked: Southern Slaves and eir Allies
bestdifferent
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Second, the Federal action to end slavery in 1865 cant be causally connected to
Federal actions today.
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade
limit that
was
overturn Roe prohibit
our
Roe v. Wade
in part
Arguing About Slavery: e Great Debate in the United States Senate
contrary in itself
Conclusion
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9 Patrick Nostradamus HenryDouglas WilsonMarch 14, 2013
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thennow
content
e Civil War as eological Crisis
formal
especially
obedience
what would that obedience have looked like?
obedience
How what
instanter
Congress
why
content
structural
did
our
that
approaching 100 timesdisproportionately
white
Cosby
principled
10 Slavery and the Bible: e Perspective of is Abo-litionist
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were in fact obeying
DoWe Swim Upstream or Downstream on the Issue of Slavery?
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but with actions and in truthcommand
everywherenowhere commanded
What Does Obedience to the Command to Love Look Like in the Context ofSlavery?
I could be bold and order youI appeal to you on the basis of love
cor-rect
timing
any favor you do will be spontaneous and not forced.
no longer as a slave, but be er than a slave, as a dear brother.as a man and as a brother in the Lord. 17 So
if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.
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no longer a slave
governs by actively freeing
e Baptism of Early Virginia: How Christianity Created Race
e Household Codes and eir Application
Were you a slave when you werecalled? Dont let it trouble youalthough if you can gain your freedom, do so.
in perpetuitydo so
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not
infers
not
way
how necessary
trading holding
and then some
Christian
not
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in practice
11 Love Is Never LaterDouglas WilsonMarch 15, 2013
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exposition retraction
he their
immediately
did
today
who was dear unto him
knockit off like the centurion
these
anyhi
always right now
12 Sometimes the Exceptions Reveal How Far WeveGone with the Rule
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nature
Exceptions that Reveal the Rule
with
owed
then
Why Do People ink Wilson Defends Slavery?
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13 Adoni-bezeks umbs and ToesDouglas WilsonMarch 19, 2013
we have killed four times more blacks than wereeven alive
14 e Cost of Our Chosen Entanglements
both
Our Entanglements Sometimes Keep Us from Asking and Answering OtherImportant estions
despite the convictions I hold on the un-godliness of racially-based cha el slavery
On Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
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literally me
15 Water is icker an BloodDouglas WilsonMarch 20, 2013
as good stewards
neighbor
constitutional liberties are what the slaughtered unborn in America have had taken awayfrom them, along with their lives
us
and so we desperatelyneed to listen to God.
16 Resisting the SlaversDouglas WilsonMarch 20, 2013
levels
from the law.
17 eHistories of theAmerican South: ACaution againstHegemonies
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An Appreciation
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Some Concerns with Black and Tans Approach to History
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First, Black and Tan is not history.
Slavery As It Was
SlaveryAs It Was
AmericanSlavery as It Is: Testimony of a ousandWitnesses
What makes one title more reliable thanthe other?
Second, Black and Tan a empts historical revision.
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and that slavery was far more benignin practice than it was made to appear in the literature of the abolitionists
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Third, Black and Tan represents a biased retelling of history.
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A Consuming Fire and e Southern FrontTime on the Cross Southern Tradition at
Bay
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Fourth, the post-mil perspective of Black and Tanmakes it too optimistic aboutthe Souths history.
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First, they reveal an unwilling-ness to deal with the world as it really is.
Second, such rejections gener-ally take for granted the normative nature of ones own cultural and historical vantage point.is always leads to misunderstanding. ird, these rejections really serve a hegemonic pur-
pose and refuse to admit as legitimate the counter-narratives caused by that hegemony.
e Southern Past: A Clash ofRace and Memory
way
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18 With Jello in My HairDouglas WilsonMarch 25, 2013
me
how
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any
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and in our circles
19 Another PointWhereWilson and I Almost EntirelyAgree: On Doing History and Multiculturalism
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Critique 1: Black and Tan is not history.
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e Decline ofAfrican-American eology
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Critique 2: Black and Tan attempts a revision of history.
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Critique #3: Black and Tan needed to interact with a wider range of sourcesand opinions.
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Critique #4: Post-Mill assumptions make Black and Tans judgment of South-ern history too optimistic
guessing
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means
do
ats a white supremacistracist way of viewing me, history, etc. Im tired of thesea empts to deny the truth and to overthrow whats good about my history, culture, and peo-ple.
20 A Good Luck Wave Wont Cut ItDouglas WilsonMarch 26, 2013
not
how
not
multiculturalism
generally
severe
amen
received
multiculturalism
deserved
now today
way
in one ba le
that
both sides
21 Illustrating Racial Insensitivity in Black and Tanabiti Anyabwile
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What Is Racial Insensitivity?
do
opposite
Who Gets to Decide What Is Racially Insensitive?
first stopand listen
sense
How Does Racial Insensitivity Affect Us?
What Ought to Be Done When Racial Insensitivity Occurs?
Is Black and Tan Racially Insensitive?
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A Benign Slavery Ended Wrongly
It was the contention of this booklet [Slavery as It Was] that the way in which slaveryended has had ongoing deleterious consequences for modern Christians in our current culturewars, and that slavery was far more benign in practice than it was made to appear in theliterature of the abolitionists
heroes
Labels Like Paleo-Confederate
Confederate
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e Inferiority of Black Culture
Both Northerners and Southerners were misled by the obvious inferiority of black cultureat that time, which had nothing to do with whether blacks bore the image of God in man, andeverything to do with whether the gospel had yet had an opportunity to do its work withinblack culture
All men exhibit the image of God equally, but all cultures are not equal. As we lookat all the tribes of men, we see some that have landed a man on the moon, and some thathave not yet worked out the concept of the wheel. We have some with one whole row in thesupermarket dedicated to shampoo, while in another tribe hair is washed with cow urine
racistsmisstep he
meansas a Christian
sense
everyones
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One of my co-panelists was aggrievedover the book But Sambo was not an African Amer-ican; he was from the subcontinent. And besides, as I recall saying thatevening, I had nothing but the highest respect for Sambo. If anyone askedme to turn tigers into bu er for my pancakes, I confess that I would beentirely nonplussed
still
More Skilled at Confessing the Supposed Sins of Black People
None of us is clean in himself. So do whites need to seek and receive forgiveness fortheir treatment of the black man? Absolutely. But blacks also need the cleansing blood ofChristsome of it for treatment of fellow blacks, some for responding to white hatred withhatred, some of it for taking mistreatment of a great-grandfather as a license for crime, andso on. We are, all of us, sinners. And it is not fi ing for a sinner to look sideways at someoneelse and say, Well, Im less of a sinner than you
Why is Wilson so expert at confessing Black peo-ples sins and so slight and general in confessing the sins of white people in a book partiallyabout slavery?
Black people
On Black Lives and the Implied Charge of Black Indifference to Abortion
Who cannotlament the damage to both white and black that has occurred as a consequence of the way inwhich slavery was abolished? I am forced to say that, in many ways, the remedy which hasbeen applied has resulted in problems that are every bit as bad as the original disease everwas. Christians who doubt this should consider whether it was safer to be a black child inthe womb in 1858 or in 2005
in utero
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22 Harder an It LooksDouglas WilsonMarch 27, 2013
feel
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labored
deplorable, wicked, evil, despicable, cruel, inexcusable, abuse, immorality, andcriminal barbarity
paleo-Confederate
detachneo-Confederate
getaway
already
he
Li le Black Sambo
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B&T
liberals
failure
legitimate natural understandable
23 A eology of ApologyDouglas WilsonMarch 28, 2012
act
to change his tone
uninspired
24 I Can Be Insensitive, Tooabiti Anyabwile
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25 Once More Into the Breach: Pushing Toward Rec-onciliation
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everybody says what they actually think all stay at the tablea er we have said it.
needswant
am
not an argumentway
way
address avoidadmit acknowledge accept alterask
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26 Trigger Alert Study BibleDouglas WilsonMarch 29, 2013
do
huh
apology
those
zeitgeist
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sola Scripturatota et sola Scriptura
call
What should they have done?how can we be faithful
today like they were?Black & Tan
27 Oh, So Close And Yet So Far Awayabiti Anyabwile
March 30, 2013
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way
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natural understandable
intended
especially
28 Another Rose Hedge AwaitsDouglas WilsonMarch 30, 2013
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29 Hecklers Gonna HeckDouglas WilsonApril 1, 2013
ButI fear
on the basis of the straightevangelical world having hurt their feelings.
there is true sin
sodomite
only
is
sodomitepracticing
everyone like him
30 A Black and Tan Round-Upabiti Anyabwile
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31 What Do theNoseguard and the Center TalkAbout?abiti Anyabwile
April 2, 2013
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Robots
Star Trek Next Generation
game
First, it keeps us from playing the impossible game of answering critics.
How do you not do that.
either
Second, playing the game between the lines keeps us focused on the ball.
ird, being focused on the game and playing by the rules of the game keeps us consis-tent with all the fans in the stand.
Fourth, playing the games by the rules and focusing on the ball makes us winsome withfans and enemies alike. Let me admit something.
Fi h, and finally, playing the game by the rules and staying on the field delivers us fromfear.
Conclusion
32 Nothing In My Experience Like ItDouglas WilsonApril 2, 2013
again
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33 A Final Wrap-Up: abiti Anyabwile and DouglasWilson
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Introduction
Agreements
But Differences Remain
Conclusion
AppendixA How Koinonia ConquersDouglas WilsonMarch 15, 2013Reprinted by permission from Omnibus III, p. 275.
identification
Author and Context
Significance
Philemon
Main Characters
Summary and Se ing
paterfamilias
Worldview
shorter
identification koinonia
koinonia
koinonia
koinonia
Christhow
just like Onesimus
in his bondsprisoner
freedom
identified
all
not
effectively
koinonia
slave or free
brother
done
koinonia
achrestos euchrestos
chrestosChristos
perhaps
perhaps
perhaps
B e Designated Ambition PoleDouglas WilsonMarch 17, 2013
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Credenda
he
for black culture
kilt daid
EccentricPreachers
C e Current Battle for Richmondabiti Anyabwile
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gay
moremore
Free to Be Bound: Church Beyondthe Color Line
think
likely
neces-sarily
D Blending of church cultures reflects vision of GodKatherine CalosRichmond Times-DispatchMarch 31, 2013
An authentic blending
Delores Kimbrough
One of the first
The OtherBryan Loritts Critiques Doug WilsonWith a Bit of MentholWhat? 2013 Already?Why Respond Publicly to Douglas Wilson's ``Black and Tan''?All in the Original HebrewDouglas Wilson's View on Race, Racism, Slavery and the BibleDoes the Driving Logic of ``Black and Tan'' Hold Up?Patrick "Nostradamus" HenrySlavery and the Bible: The Perspective of This AbolitionistLove Is Never LaterSometimes the Exceptions Reveal How Far Weve Gone with the RuleAdoni-bezek's Thumbs and ToesThe Cost of Our Chosen EntanglementsWater is Thicker Than BloodResisting the SlaversThe Histories of the American South: A Caution against HegemoniesWith Jello in My HairAnother Point Where Wilson and I Almost Entirely Agree: On Doing History and MulticulturalismA Good Luck Wave Won't Cut ItIllustrating Racial Insensitivity in Black and TanHarder Than It LooksA Theology of ApologyI Can Be Insensitive, TooOnce More Into the Breach: Pushing Toward ReconciliationTrigger Alert Study BibleOh, So Close And Yet So Far AwayAnother Rose Hedge AwaitsHecklers Gonna HeckA Black and Tan Round-UpWhat Do the Noseguard and the Center Talk About?Nothing In My Experience Like ItA Final Wrap-Up: Thabiti Anyabwile and Douglas WilsonHow Koinonia ConquersThe Designated Ambition PoleThe Current Battle for RichmondBlending of church cultures reflects vision of God