{"id":89,"date":"2008-12-18T23:48:07","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T23:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2008\/12\/beware-the-overeducated-loud-b.html"},"modified":"2008-12-18T23:48:07","modified_gmt":"2008-12-18T23:48:07","slug":"beware-the-overeducated-loud-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2008\/12\/beware-the-overeducated-loud-b.html","title":{"rendered":"Beware the Overeducated, Loud, Brash White Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christianity Today, never a great fan of the emergent movement, seems to think that said movement is in need of revitalization, at least according to the subhead of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2009\/january\/6.13.html\">their article on my exit as national coordinator of Emergent Village<\/a>.&nbsp; Final graf:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But Jones hopes decentralizing American emergent networks will give<br \/>\nparticipants worldwide, who lack access to book publishing and other<br \/>\nresources enjoyed by their American counterparts, more freedom to<br \/>\nexpress themselves. <b>&#8220;Any time you can dethrone an overeducated, loud,<br \/>\nbrash, white man,&#8221; 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