if you remember, i asked you first to articulate (as fully and completely as you could) what black liberation theologians urge of their parishioners.

i suppose i had hoped you would uncover (for yourself) examples that demonstrated black liberation theology to acknowledge the resentment already present in its congregation; but instead of turning this resentment towards destruction, black liberation theology turns it to a springboard for positive community works. your post understates (actually, it completely omits) the community works (and the nature of the community works) that churches such as trinity engage in.

i don't want to presume, so i won't make the accusation outright. i will simply ask if this doesn't occur to you.

after all, the words BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY look an awful lot like the words BLACK LIBERATION which look an awful lot like the words BLACK POWER. if you look at the bombast, the ideologies themselves even look alike.

but if you look no further than the bombast, then you can only present a distortion. and isn't that what demagoguery really is?

i'll credit you wrt the suggestion of this church (and other churches) as a money-maker.

but, as you know (or maybe you don't), trinity church is largely comprised of affluent african americans even though its ministries serve the less affluent. (in other words, it's redistributive, sorta like robin hood.)