Excerpt from the Jamaica Observer column published Monday, March 29, 2021
By Jean Lowrie-Chin
The launch of Bishop Robert Thompson’s book Redemption Song: Reading the Scripture for Social Change was hosted virtually last Thursday by Christine Randle, CEO of Ian Randle Publishers. The retired Anglican bishop of Kingston has often given us a reality check on our social conditions and his book calls on the Church to take a different approach to theology.
Thompson refers to “the deep legacy of colonialism” which he believes “continues to stifle” our national development. He is challenging the Church to cast away Euro-American interpretations of scripture and share a theology that “embraces and affirms all people across class and culture”.
In the book’s foreword, Archbishop of the West Indies Howard Gregory noted its importance for educators and students as well as lay leaders involved in “serious study of the Bible and gospel as ‘midwives’ for social transformation”.
This should be an excellent read during this Holy Week. This past year has shown us that we can pivot and thrive.
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