The Mahogany Tower: Recent Episodes
Nnamdi Enn
The Mahogany Tower is a blog/podcast exploring the intersection of Science, Faith, and Sociocultural Identity, not necessarily in that order. As a Black, Christian scientist, I talk about everything from colorblind racism in 21st century American Christianity to using social psychology to slide in your crush's DM's. Don't worry, we'll have fun.
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[Western] masculinity is incredibly peculiar, but it also has the potential to be really influential to understanding male behavior.
In the case of American Christianity, I fear there’s a lot more emphasis on conforming, and assimilating, than being the men and women that God called for us to be, in full. That's a bad look, and I'll tell you why.
A live interview with my favorite [future] OBGYN. Chopping it up about boarding school, being a woman of color in medicine, and that one random time she worked as a butler.
"If you believe your religious views will always be more important than the interests of your neighbor, that sounds closer to supremacy than it does religion."
"For us to say we’ve separated church and state but simultaneously look to advance Christian views while oppressing others is NOT consistent with honoring who we claim to be as a country. And if you love your neighbor, you need to care about that."
As much as I would like to say that all the sisters at church in the 1st century are lining up out the door to date our tall, dark, and handsome Eunuch, I'm not convinced. The brothers probably had their reservations about this guy, too.
Part of reading the scriptures is reading and understanding culture. The Bible's no stranger to ethnoreligious conflict. Consider the Jews and Samaritans.
Chopping it up about Southern Reconstruction, Convict Leasing, and the new institution of slavery.
"I think one of my greatest fears is losing my ability to interact with 'normal' people. Not people who pull in a quarter million a year. Not people with 3 degrees, and 2 summer homes in Florida. Just... normal people..."
"At the risk of disturbing the social order, how do you bring criticisms against ubiquitous, legitimized institutions?"
"It's cuffing season, or so I've been told... whatever the heck that means for a PhD student..."
"The 2016 Presidential election had some uncanny parallels to reality TV... and I mean that in the least flattering way possible."
"We're Christians! Why get so wrapped up in these social issues anyway!" Awkward cringe moment