CCBI Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.

Though Akiba's marketing approach (on page 18 here) may be far more subdued since someone bought a few Wright sermons on DVD at Akiba and made history, the Akiba product line is just as lively as ever. Before I start selling off hoodies, many of you Typical White People in Typical White America may not be aware of their cultural implications, which have been well documented and bemoaned both here and in Britain because of incidents like this one and the overall association of hoodies with 'black gangsta' culture. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair even wanted to ban them. So you STILL wanna buy a Black Hoodie For Christ? Be a Gangbanger For God? Akiba's got you covered! 'Hoodie in Black with Scriptural Print' All sizes - $35.00. Christian-Inspired Clothing Collection. Brown Hooded sweatshirt with scriptural Psalm 28:7 printed on front. Here is the inspiring Bible verse, Psalm 28:7, for the inspiring Black Hoodie 'The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.' And if you want to know exactly which praises to sing in your new hoodie, have no fear! Akiba's got that covered too! The Hip Hop Prayer Book 'Holder is on to something! Speak their language and watch their connection to God grow closer. Perfect for teens, teen workshops, and teen bible study group leaders.' Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation 'In a post civil rights era rapidly transformed by de-industrialization and globalization, hip-hop gave voiceless youths a chance to address change. It also became a job-making engine and defined youth rebellion. Hip-hop crystallized a multiracial generation's worldview, and forever transformed politics and culture. 'But the epic story of how that happened has never been fully told . . . until now.' All that might explain the title to a CD also available at Akiba: Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. as Ethnomusicologist 'Mini-Conference Celebrating the 36th Anniversary & Retirement of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. Morning Session Leaders: Robert Wooten, Jr., Herald "Chip" Johnson, Roxanne Stevenson, Jeremiah A. Wright-Haynes.' Okay. Now you're all settled into your new hoodie for Christ and blasting religious Hip Hop music inspired by none other than the Master of Ethnomusicology himself, Jeremiah Wright. Time to kick back with some serene and inspiring Akiba religious reading materials. A Black Theology of Liberation: Twentieth Anniversary Edition 'James H. Cone's revolutionary work has been immensely influential among black ministers throughout the United States and the liberation theology movement around the world.' Black Theology Vol. 1: A Documentary History Vol. 1: 1966-1979: A documentary history. Also by Dr. Cone. There are at least six titles at Akiba authored by Dr. Cone, whom none other than Rev. Wright himself credits as being inspired by Cone's Black Liberation Theology What exactly is that theology? Here's a sample, from one of Dr. Cone's Akiba bestsellers: 'Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. 'The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community. Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. 'What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love.' Think that's good stuff? It gets better. 'For white people, God’s reconciliation in Jesus Christ means that God has made black people a beautiful people; and if they are going to be in relationship with God, they must enter by means of their black brothers, who are a manifestation of God’s presence on earth. 'The assumption that one can know God without knowing blackness is the basic heresy of the white churches. '(Whiteness) is a symbol of man’s depravity. God cannot be white even though white churches have portrayed him as white. 'To speak of Satan and his powers becomes not just a way of speaking but a fact of reality. When we can see a people who are controlled by an ideology of whiteness, then we know what reconciliation must mean. It means destroying the white devil in us. 'Reconciliation to God means that white people are prepared to deny themselves (whiteness), take up the cross (blackness) and follow Christ (black ghetto). Watch the Before-The-Storm Fox News Interview in March 2007 with Rev. Wright making those very claims here, and berating Sean Hannity for his ignorance in not knowing Dr. Cone's magnificent work. Also, Dr. Cone himself told Newsweek in an interview that, in Obama's rhetoric, "the fierce urgency of now comes from his church." There are also books at Akiba authored by the Afro-Marxist Dr. Cornel West, who believes that "whites can be racist, but the same impulses in blacks are only xenophobia." By the way, you can find Barack Obama's 'Audacity of Hope' and 'Dreams of My Father' on sale at Akiba as well. 'Dreams of My Father' follows hot on the heels of 'Counterfeit Charisma' by Dennis James Woods. Here's the Akiba footnote of it: Counterfeit Charisma 'A compelling and controversial book that uncovers the reality and extent of Satanic charisma that mimics the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 'This investigation examines how, signs, wonders and the most coveted spiritual gifts, can actually be conduits for the devils diabolical agenda to kill, steal and destroy.' I'm confused. Is that a cautionary tale, or a Trinity UCC Instruction Manual for Preachers? Make of all that what you will. Here's one innocuous entry that caught my attention, the only one in the 'Cultural Sojourns' category at Akiba online: Nigeria and Ghana Sojourn Pastor Wright's Sojourn to Nigeria and Ghana The reason that is interesting is because of a quote made by Rev. Wright prior to his Thor-like appearance on the American political scene: "When [Obama’s] enemies find out that in 1984 I went to Tripoli [to visit Muammar al-Gaddafi] with [Louis] Farrakhan, a lot of his Jewish support will dry up quicker than a snowball in hell.' Unfortunately, Wright's 'Cultural Sojourn' with Louis Farrakhan to Gaddafi's Tripoli, when Libya was still very much engaged in the terror trade, is not available for inspirational purposes. I could go on and on. Titles like African Power. Reading Race, Reading the Bible. Race Matters. Beyond the Color of Skin: Encounters with Religious and Racial Injustice in America (which prominently features a cross and Star of David on the cover). Black Spirituality & Black Consciousness. Introducing Womanist Theology. The Teen Guide to Global Action (footnoted as 'Global Warming for Youth'). Also, if you thought Trinity UCC would chill out after all the bad pub and Wright's departure, not to worry. Here are 'sermons' by other Black Liberation theologists, who now call Trinity UCC home, that you can buy on CD: How to Handle a Public Lynching The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Don't Set Up Our Queens To Be Ho's Gangster’s Paradise I'm Coming Out With My Hands Up! When Life Is On Lockdown (MENS WEEK 2005) Don't You Be No Fool! When A Fool Is Taken To School How a Brother Saved the Savior Meet Me In The Valley, It's Goin' Down! No clarification on whether that refers to the Valley of the Shadow or Simi Valley. How To Stop A Conspiracy Shut The Hell Up! - Men's Revival Week 2006 Theology Of A Thug Too easy. Thugs and Theologians 1.0 At first I thought this last one referred to the revelation that Wright is guarded by Nation of Islam bodyguards. Kinda doubt it. I'm Tired of Living Like a Lunatic I thought this might have been Jeremiah Wright's farewell sermon. Next one proved me wrong. There's Still Fire in Jeremiah! If you want to dirty yourself up some more, here's the Akiba bookstore link. I've had enough. For as long as the link is up, of course. What any of all this has to do with religion is beyond me. Having grown up in a strict household with a Baptist deacon for a father and all that entails, I thought I knew what religion was. My bad. But I think I do know a Supremacist racist ideology masking itself as religion when I see it. Do you?