{"id":1645,"date":"2013-01-06T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/01\/the-sisterhood-episode-one-recap-bougie-christian-edition.html"},"modified":"2013-01-06T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T16:16:00","slug":"the-sisterhood-episode-one-recap-bougie-christian-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/01\/the-sisterhood-episode-one-recap-bougie-christian-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"The Sisterhood Episode One Recap: Bougie Christian Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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One of the many complaints I get about Christians is the prevalence of believers who think they are somehow better than others. These folks just hate\u00a0\u201cbougie\u201d<\/a>Christians. An urban term derived from the French word \u201cbourgeoisie,\u201d you can spot a bougie Christian from a mile away. You can\u2019t hold a conversation with them without feeling like they are preaching at you. They speak Christian-ese, using words that only folks \u201cin the fold\u201d know. They\u2019re the Christians who make it seem like they\u2019ve cornered the market on what it looks like to be a Christian. They hold fast to black and white, and diametrically oppose gray; there\u2019s no gray with God. These Christians know all the answers.<\/span><\/div>\n
This week, on a national scale, we encountered one of these folks in living color.\u00a0With both consternation and fear, I sat on my couch Monday night and fired up my DVR to watch TLC\u2019sThe Sisterhood<\/em><\/a>. From the creators of\u00a0The Real Housewives of Atlanta<\/em><\/a>, the show\u2019s concept is to take an in-depth look at the lives of a group of pastor\u2019s wives in the city of Atlanta. Usually, I\u2019m not a big fan of reality television shows. There are better things I can do with my time (like watching paint dry), especially when it comes shows that tend to exploit the African American community. Now TLC comes up with the bright idea to enter the African American Church\u2014a sacred space. As someone who loves the church, and particularly the African American Church, I decided to watch at least the first episode. I\u2019m not too excited about the concept. Besides the fact that not one first lady appears anywhere in Scripture, the whole concept is paternalistic and makes me cringe when I see gifted women in church described in that way.<\/span><\/div>\n
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