A month late, Wright gets Brite Divinity award

Rev. Jeremiah Wright finally received that award from Brite Divinity School that sparked so much debate last month.

Wright was in South Dallas delivering sermons at Friendship-West Baptist Church this morning as a guest pastor.

Stacey Floyd-Thomas, director of black church studies at Fort Worth’s Brite Divinity School, presented Wright with the award he had been scheduled to receive at a black church summit in March.

Wright had canceled his appearance because of concerns over the safety of his family, those at the summit and himself.

“We as black Texans...saw this as a time we would not refuse and we would not deny our modern-day prohet,” Floyd-Thomas said.

Brite Divinity is on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Wright noted his displeasure with how TCU officials disassociated themselves from the decision to give him an award. He thanked Brite Divinity for “going against the president of Texas Christian, Texas Christian, Texas Christian University,” emphasizing the word "Christian" all three times.

UPDATE: Here's our full report on Wright's appearance.

-Aman Batheja

Comments

[Mark]

Why give him an award? It only serves to enable him. He has done so much damage already. Way to stoke the fires, Bright Divinity.