Obama, Wright, and the Black Church

Obama, Rev Wright and the politics of 'love thy neighbor'.



Prof. Dwight Hopkins of the University of Chicago talks to Paul Jay about the political consequences of Rev. Moss's sermon, in terms of health, education, care for seniors, and the poor.

Dr. Hopkins asks if Obama can live up to his rhetoric and if the 'movement' for change will be able to push an Obama presidency in a more progressive direction.

Dwight N. Hopkins teaches at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His latest works are Being Human: Race, Culture, and Religion; Walk Together Children: black and womanist theologies, church and theological education; Another World Is Possible: Spiritualities and Religions of Global Darker Peoples. Professor Hopkins is senior editor of the Henry McNeil Turner/Sojourner Truth Series in Black Religion (Orbis Books). He is an ordained American Baptist minister.



Prof. Dwight Hopkins of the University of Chicago talks to Paul Jay about Rev. Wright's statements about Farrakhan and AIDS, and the effect his comments have had on Senator Obama's presidential campaign.