User:PlantsForHire/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Jesus and the Disinherited

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
It's a book we read in class that is pretty crucial in thinking about Jesus and what he taught from a societal view point and how it's relevant today. The article on it now is very sparse.

Evaluate the article
Lead section:

- The introduction to the book is too vague. It does not mention the specific themes Thurman discusses in the book such as Fear, Hate, Love, etc

- a source other than the primary source is needed (see highlighted footnote)

- Would it be worth it to include Thurman's dates here?

Content:

- It gives a lot of background to the development of the "theme" via several lectures Thurman gives over the years. I think it would be beneficial to maybe include some relevant quotes from these lectures or tie them to the specific themes of the book.

-Needs more discourse on the specific message/claim Thurman is making, and how it has relevance to Christian Ethics/theology

- Would it be appropriate to include some key historical context for this book? Such as segregation laws, civil rights movement moments, Jim Crow, etc.

Tone feels neutral

Sources:

- I tried to click on the sources and they wouldn't open? Might need new sources entirely/ones that are accessible to public?

- needs more sources relating it to the field of theology maybe?

Writing quality seems professional, if a bit non-specific (like using "theme"... what theme?)

Talk page is barren.

Overall:

- Needs more explanation of chapters themes and Thurman's claim based on scholar discourse.

- Needs more historical context and why it's relevant to the book.

- Doesn't link to Howard Thurman's Wiki article (unless I'm overlooking it?).

- Book quotes might be nice if copyright allows.