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Against Backdrop Of U.S. Strife,

Program Explores Jesus And Race

Matt Nabinger, a student at Princeton Theological Seminary who is assisting at Cooperstown’s First Presbyterian Church this summer, leads this evening’s discussion on “Jesus And Race,” an exercise of self-examination in the church’s 1867 chapel on how different people perceive Jesus’ ethnicity, and how that can affect resulting attitudes. The Rev. Tom LeBeau, new pastor of Cooperstown United Methodist Church, set the stage with the quote, “Race is a myth biologically, but it is a political reality.” Nabinger had attendees react to depictions of Jesus from different eras and societies, and quoted James Cone, an adherent of Black Liberation Theology: “God is whatever color God need to be.” The evening was sponsored by churches in Cooperstown, Oneonta and Fly Creek. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Matt Nabinger, a student at Princeton Theological Seminary who is assisting at Cooperstown’s First Presbyterian Church this summer, leads this evening’s discussion on “Jesus And Race,” an exercise of self-examination in the church’s 1867 chapel on how different people perceive Jesus’ ethnicity, and how that can affect resulting attitudes. The Rev. Tom LeBeau, new pastor of Cooperstown United Methodist Church, set the stage with the quote, “Race is a myth biologically, but it is a political reality.” Nabinger had attendees react to depictions of Jesus from different eras and societies, and quoted James Cone, an adherent of Black Liberation Theology: “God is whatever color God needs to be.” The evening was sponsored by churches in Cooperstown, Oneonta and Fly Creek.   The recent national strife has prompted two other local sessions — one, a community vigil Thursday, June 14, at Temple Beth El, Oneonta; the second, a discussion Thursday, June 21, of police officers from Otsego and Delaware counties and community members at the Unitarian Universalist Church, also in Oneonta.  (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

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