Unregulated religion wreaks havoc upon human society. We in the Caribbean and the Americas who have also been the victims of regulated religion (organized religion was chiefly responsible for the genocidal obliteration of our indigenous population, the trafficking and enslavement of the majority of our initial labour force and all the social havoc that has … More Religion and Regulation
I’ve been overdue a commentary on Marcus Garvey’s Pan- African philosophy of Religion and after several drafts, and a rare bout of writer’s block, I’ve decided to take a detour into a related but separate matter I’ve been meaning to do for sometime on the Obeah Act of 1898… well it’s about more than that … More The Obeah Act
No war is ever fought because of ideology, whether political or religious. All wars are fought between the very rich and the very poor, or to be more specific, the greedy and the destitute. Ideology in itself, despite the passionate claims of both adherents and detractors is as innocuous and inert as a gun, bomb, … More All in one
We are approaching again another high and holy day in the Jamaican calendar and in almost all the entire Caribbean – Emancipation Day, celebrated on August 1st, commemorating the abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in 1834 on that very day. The Caribbean Christian Leadership Network marks this day by facilitating appropriate reflection in … More ALL in all
Evaluating a public figure whose purported acts range from alleged rape (*SCOAN denies charges) to alleged resurrection, and multiple cases of each, might signal for some that there is more fiction than fact circulated about this character and he clearly is one of those individuals that attract tall tales both in villification and veneration alike, … More TB Joshua (1963 – 2021) #2
T.B. Joshua is the single-most significant person in 21st century Christianity emerging at the time of the shift of the epicenter of the faith from Europe to Africa. His influence in life and death eclipses every other proclaimer of the gospel of Jesus Christ of his era. Despite the most vicious attempts to distort and … More The dust settles. The legacy remains.
The recent tragic killing of Cora Thompson on church grounds in Western Jamaica during a worship service has shaken many to their core. Having lived in a bubble for the past few weeks, I have just been reading the comments giving voice to the national reaction and have taken notice of the many questions the … More Hard Sayings
Dispersion was the secret ingredient that led to the widespread and rapid propagation of the gospel in the beginning and the same is true today, perhaps now more than ever before. This was decidedly expressed in the recent Lausanne document on world evangelism: The State of the Great Commission, a monumental work of intellect and … More Diasporation
I’d like to sincerely wish one and all a very merry Christmas, but how can I? I’m ending the year as I began it recognizing the utter vanity of tradition if we are not prepared to protect and preserve it. As far as Christmas is concerned, I’ve long repudiated the Johnny Mathis and Bing Crosby … More Black Christmas
Neither the United States of America nor Jamaica are Christian nations. Although the religious right in both countries are known for spinning a yarn of imaginative narrative inferring the contrary, the facts are clear. The history of the Church in the Jamaican Genesis, as is the case with the entire indigenous population of the Americas, … More On Christian Nations and Unchristian Nations
