{"id":661,"date":"2010-07-08T01:59:35","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T01:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2010\/07\/brother-west-living-and-loving-outloud.html"},"modified":"2010-07-08T01:59:35","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T01:59:35","slug":"brother-west-living-and-loving-outloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2010\/07\/brother-west-living-and-loving-outloud.html","title":{"rendered":"Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brother<\/a><\/span>While on sabbatical I’m catching up on my “to read” stack of books.  I’m really enjoying Cornel West’s memoir entitled, “Brother West:  Living and Loving Out Loud.”<\/p>\n

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Here are a couple of quotes from this Harvard professor, public intellectual and “bluesman in the life of the mind…jazzman in the world of ideas.”<\/div>\n
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Here’s how he describe life after his decision to follow Christ at a young age…<\/div>\n
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“Jesus Christ at the center.  Jesus Christ as model and motivator, Jesus Christ as moral instructor, Jesus Christ as source of unarmed truth and unconditional love.”<\/div>\n
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And how does he feel as an adult?<\/div>\n
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“I cannot overstate the importance of my relationship to Jesus Christ…The Living Word of an outcast carpenter–fully human yet fully divine…”<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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