{"id":274,"date":"2021-03-11T01:51:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T01:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/?p=274"},"modified":"2021-03-11T01:51:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T01:51:38","slug":"racism-and-adventism-a-historical-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/11\/racism-and-adventism-a-historical-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Racism and Adventism: A Historical Context"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Zach Roberts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Seventh-day Adventist Church says it does not stand for racism. The denomination\u2019s statement in an article posted on Adventist.org begins with an analysis of racism as a sin and how it remains in effect today. The third paragraph reads, \u201cThe Seventh-day Adventist Church deplores all forms of racism, including the political policy of apartheid with its enforced segregation and legalized discrimination.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s pretty clear. However, how does the denomination fare with racial landmarks? Based on my research, it seems they were pretty hit or miss. Ellen White, the denomination&#8217;s most prominent co-founder considered a prophetess by most members, said things that seemed like she, and the church as a result, were against racism in every facet. However, the denomination has struggled with segregated churches and other issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Racism-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Racism-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Racism-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Racism-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Racism-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Racism-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Racism word written on cube wooden blocks. Defocused background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a dissertation on SDA\u2019s and race relations, Cleran Hollancid writes, \u201cRacial division in the church is not only embarrassing to the faith, but actually impairs the quality of relations in society.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Division in the church, and everywhere, is seemingly at an all-time high right now. Within the church, division over women\u2019s ordination and leadership remains a heated discussion. But since racial issues have become somewhat intertwined with politics, the division there, albeit probably more private, remains tense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a timeline of the intersections between race and the Adventist church:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/2492031\">https:\/\/www.timetoast.com\/timelines\/2492031<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.wmich.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=2412&amp;context=dissertations\">https:\/\/scholarworks.wmich.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=2412&amp;context=dissertations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventist.org\/articles\/racism\/\">https:\/\/www.adventist.org\/articles\/racism\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Zach Roberts The Seventh-day Adventist Church says it does not stand for racism. The denomination\u2019s statement in an article posted on Adventist.org begins with an analysis of racism as a sin and how it remains in effect today. The third paragraph reads, \u201cThe Seventh-day Adventist Church deplores all forms of racism, including the political &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/11\/racism-and-adventism-a-historical-context\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Racism and Adventism: A Historical Context&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}