Recently, I attended a conference on Native American theology. One of the white participants at the conference suggested that we do away with words like Christian and evangelical because they have too strong of a negative connotation. He claimed that we needed to reject the words and the baggage that comes with those words. A Native American theologian responded that doing away with those words would prove to be convenient for the majority culture. Not only would the words be wiped away, but the responsibility for the negative history of those communities could also be wiped away. Sin would
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