WHY DOES BARACK OBAMA CONTINUE TO DISPARAGE REV. JEREMIAH A. WRIGHT, JR. I have read what Barack Obama wrote about Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. in his new book, A Promised Land . Jeremiah Wright is my friend and colleague. We are trustees of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, an inter-denominational body of liberation-minded followers of Jesus who draw inspiration from the life and ministry of Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor. Dr Proctor was President of Virginia Union Theological Seminary – now named Samuel DeWitt Proctor Seminary – when Dr. Wright was a divinity school student. I have long wondered why Obama seems to go out of his way to denigrate Dr. Wright. However, the best analysis I have seen thus far is that offered by our mutual friend and ministry colleague, South African theologian Allan Aubrey Boesak. Dr. Boesak shared his analysis with me and several other preachers and has given us permission to share it with our networks. I am doing so with this blog
