Article: Standing on the Left With Reverend Wright; This isn't the first time that the United Church of Christ leadership has welcomed controversy.(Jeremiah Wright)

Byline: Jay Tolson

By now, just about everyone knows about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the fiery sermons that have clouded the political prospects of Barack Obama, long a member of the now retired pastor's Trinity United Church of Christ. But all the controversy is also provoking curiosity about the Protestant denomination to which that predominantly black South Side Chicago church belongs--and about how Wright's brand of black liberation theology fits within the traditions of a largely white denomination with roots extending to America's colonial past.

To the Rev. John Thomas, general minister and president of the United Church of Christ, Wright's preaching over the ...

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