Rev. Dr. William E. Alberts (’61) Explores the Boston Declaration in New Article
An article by Rev. William E. Alberts (STH 1961) appears in the Feb. 6, 2018 issue of Counterpunch (a prominent political website), in which his articles have been published regularly since 2004. The article, The Test of Being Prophetic, provides a critique of The Boston Declaration, issued last November by over 100 theologians and other faith leaders at Boston’s Old South Church. The Boston Declaration challenges “the corruption of US Christianity,” especially by white evangelical Christians, whose white supremacist orientation leads them to support politicians who promote “exclusion, exploitation and hatred” in the interest of maintaining white privilege and the normalizing of oppression. The focus of Dr. Alberts’ critique is that The Boston Declaration is to be lauded as far as it goes, and is instructive because of where it stops. You can read more here.