Ep75. Is God Colour-Blind? Anthony Reddie

I sat down with Anthony Reddie to talk about the revised and updated edition of his book Is God Colour-Blind? (SPCK 2020). We discuss what motivated the writing of the book then and now, the impact of the renewed attention on the Black Lives Matter movement in Britain, the powerful link between British exceptionalism, whiteness and the church (and how this becomes directed at those who are Black who offer critique of these forces), and what it’s like been a practical theologian in lockdown. 

Professor Anthony Reddie is Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture, Tutor for the Liberation Theologies paper. He is also an Extraordinary Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of South Africa. He has written over 70 essays and articles on Christian education and Black Theology and is the author of 17 books including Theologising Brexit: a Liberationist and Postcolonial Critique, Black Theology in Transatlantic Dialogue, Working Against The Grain: Re-imaging Black Theology in the 21st Century London, and Dramatizing Theologies: A Participative Approach To Black God Talk. Prof Reddie is also the editor of Black Theology: An International Journal.

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