Thursday, May 28, 2020

"Partially Recapitulates the Early Protestant Pronouncement About the Stain That Deforms the World"

"The stains of slavery and colonialism are the 'original sins' that taint the entire inheritance of the West, no less than Adam's sin taints all of his heirs, irrespective of what his heirs might achieve. The accomplishments in science, philosophy, art, theology, politics, and economics that are the inheritance of the West subtract nothing from the debt that transgressors never can repay."

Joshua Mitchell at National Affairs compares identity politics to Christian religion.

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