Race and Colour in Church History

Welcome back to Transforming Culture! This week, we're looking at race and colour in church history. Most of us expect to talk about race and racism in a modern context, but Dr. Michael Haykin takes us in an unexpected and excellent direction!

Show Notes

Welcome back to Transforming Culture! We are now officially more than halfway through our first season, and we're so excited that we have the chance to share these conversations with all of you. This week, we're looking at race and colour in church history. Most of us expect to talk about race and racism in a modern context - after the advent of the modern slave trade, for example - but Dr. Michael Haykin is taking us back to the first century context to help us understand how we need to approach things as Christians. 
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Speaker Bio:
Michael A. G. Haykin is on the core faculty of Heritage College and Seminary as Professor of Church History and also serves as Professor and Chair of Church History at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Director of The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies at Southern Seminary. He is married to Alison and they are members of West Highland Baptist Church in Hamilton, Ontario. He is a big believer in helping local churches develop an appreciation of the significance of Church History for their churches and to this end he has written or edited nearly a dozen local church histories. He has also written widely on fourth-century Christianity in the Roman Imperium and eighteenth-century British Baptists, in particular, the life and ministry of Andrew Fuller, and his circle of friends that included William Carey.
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Resources from this Episode:
Article: 4 Reasons You Shouldn't Be Colorblind (Tricia Newbell)
Book: Beyond Colorblind (Sarah Shin)
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Show Credits:
Transforming Culture is a production of Muskoka Bible Centre.
Producer: Luke LaRocque
Editing, Sound Design and Mixing: Abishek Varghese
Audio and Technical Support: Charles West and the Summer 2022 A/V team
Theme song: “Citizens” by Jon Guerra
Graphic design: Christina te-Bokkel Hotz

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The world is rapidly changing. Every time we blink, it seems there’s a new cultural rule that we all have to follow. It can feel like waves crashing on us: we want to love others well, but also lead them to Jesus truthfully. Join us for Transforming Culture, where we take a deeper dive into how Christianity and the Bible interact with society and culture. These podcast episodes are based on sessions taught live at Muskoka Bible Centre as a part of our summer ministry programming.

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