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Today my friend and theological ethicist Ryan Newson is back the podcast. He has a brand new book out on Confederate monuments titled Cut in Stone and you don’t want to miss it. Dr. Ryan Newson is Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics at Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC. Their mascot is a really cool Camel. Have you got my new book? You should. If you would like to hear me read the book, then consider joining the Hombrewed Community where I am sharing each chapter, along with a 5 minute summary of the chapter’s main points. Ryan’s Previous Podcast Visits A Bunch of Baptists at a Brewery Getting Nerdy Radical Friendship in the Age of Trump with Ryan Andrew Newson

<p>Today my friend and theological ethicist Ryan Newson is back the podcast. He has a brand new <a href="https://trippfuller.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Copy-of-Christopher-Southgate-50.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>book out on Confederate monuments titled <strong>Cut in Stone </strong>and you don’t want to miss it.</p> <p>Dr. <a href="https://directory.campbell.edu/people/ryan-newson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan Newson</a> is Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics at Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC. Their mascot is a really cool Camel.</p> <p>Have you got <a href="https://trippfuller.com/divine-self-investment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>my new book?</strong></a> You should. If you would like to hear me read the book, then consider joining the <a href="https://trippfuller.com/community/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Hombrewed Community</strong></a> where I am sharing each chapter, along with a 5 minute summary of the chapter’s main points.</p> <h2>Ryan’s Previous Podcast Visits</h2> <h4><a href="https://trippfuller.com/2018/09/26/a-bunch-of-baptists-at-a-brewery-getting-nerdy/" rel="bookmark nofollow" target="_blank">A Bunch of Baptists at a Brewery Getting Nerdy</a></h4> <h4><a href="https://trippfuller.com/2017/09/05/radical-friendship-in-the-age-of-trump-with-ryan-andrew-newson/" rel="bookmark nofollow" target="_blank">Radical Friendship in the Age of Trump with Ryan Andrew Newson</a></h4>

Ryan Newson: Confederate Monuments and Theological Disruption

Our guest today is Dr. Ryan Newson, Professor of Theology and Ethics at Campbell University, about his new book, "Cut in Stone": Confederate Monuments and Theological Disruption." Confederate monuments figure prominently as epicenters of social conflict. These stone and metal constructs resonate with the tensions of modern America, giving concrete definition to the ideologies that divide us. Confederate monuments alone did not generate these feelings of aggravation, but they are far from innocent. Rather than serving as neutral objects of public remembrance, Confederate monuments articulate a narration of the past that forms the basis for a normative vision of the future. The story, told through the character of a religious mythos, carries implicit sacred convictions; thus, these spires and statues are inherently theological.In Cut in Stone, Ryan Andrew Newson contends that we cannot fully understand or disrupt these statues without attending to the convictions that give them their power. With a careful overview of the historical contexts in which most Confederate monuments were constructed, Newson demonstrates that these "memorials" were part of a revisionary project intended to resist the social changes brought on by Reconstruction while maintaining a romanticized Southern identity. Confederate monuments thus reinforce a theology concerning the nature of sacrifice and the ultimacy of whiteness. Moreover, this underlying theology serves to conceal inherited collective wounds in the present.If Confederate monuments are theologically weighted in their allure, then it stands to reason that they must also be contested at this level―precisely as sacred symbols. Newson responds to these inherently theological objects with suggestions for action that are sensitive to the varying contexts within which monuments reside, showing that while all Confederate monuments must come under scrutiny, some monuments should remain standing, but in redefined contexts. Cut in Stone represents the first detailed theological investigation of Confederate monuments, a resource for the larger collective task of determining how to memorialize problematic pasts and how to shape public space amidst contested memory.

Our guest today is Dr. Ryan Newson, Professor of Theology and Ethics at Campbell University, about his new book, "Cut in Stone": Confederate Monuments and Theological Disruption." <br/><br/>Confederate monuments figure prominently as epicenters of social conflict. These stone and metal constructs resonate with the tensions of modern America, giving concrete definition to the ideologies that divide us. Confederate monuments alone did not generate these feelings of aggravation, but they are far from innocent. Rather than serving as neutral objects of public remembrance, Confederate monuments articulate a narration of the past that forms the basis for a normative vision of the future. The story, told through the character of a religious mythos, carries implicit sacred convictions; thus, these spires and statues are inherently theological.<br/><br/>In Cut in Stone, Ryan Andrew Newson contends that we cannot fully understand or disrupt these statues without attending to the convictions that give them their power. With a careful overview of the historical contexts in which most Confederate monuments were constructed, Newson demonstrates that these "memorials" were part of a revisionary project intended to resist the social changes brought on by Reconstruction while maintaining a romanticized Southern identity. Confederate monuments thus reinforce a theology concerning the nature of sacrifice and the ultimacy of whiteness. Moreover, this underlying theology serves to conceal inherited collective wounds in the present.<br/><br/>If Confederate monuments are theologically weighted in their allure, then it stands to reason that they must also be contested at this level―precisely as sacred symbols. Newson responds to these inherently theological objects with suggestions for action that are sensitive to the varying contexts within which monuments reside, showing that while all Confederate monuments must come under scrutiny, some monuments should remain standing, but in redefined contexts. Cut in Stone represents the first detailed theological investigation of Confederate monuments, a resource for the larger collective task of determining how to memorialize problematic pasts and how to shape public space amidst contested memory.

Episode 269 - Ryan Newson : Cut In Stone