Why Christianity And Critical Race Theory Cannot Coexist
by Delano Squires, The Federalist:
We honor God when we acknowledge all members of the human race have equal worth. We dishonor Him when we ascribe certain sins to people based on skin color.
Critical race theory is the most discussed and debated academic theory in America today. Its advocates believe it is a tool for understanding the pervasiveness of systemic racism ever since the country was founded. Its detractors have called it a Marxist framework that causes racism and teaches people to judge each other based on skin color.
One institution that has been particularly damaged by the spread of critical race theory is American evangelicalism. A recent book entitled “Fault Lines,” by Dr. Voddie Baucham Jr., pastor and dean at the African Christian University, directly addresses the social justice movement and how it threatens the unity of Christian believers.
The term “evangelical” is often used in the context of politics to describe white churchgoers who hold conservative beliefs and vote Republican. I use it here to refer to Protestant Christian churches, pastors, laypeople, and organizations who believe in the authority, infallibility, inerrancy, and sufficiency of the Bible. These include people of all colors and ethnic backgrounds who believe that Jesus’s resurrection was an actual historical event, not just a metaphor for living a better life or an outdated dogmatic claim.
This distinction is important because many people who profess to be Christians take a completely different view of the Bible. To them, Jesus was a revolutionary who came to upend unjust systems of oppression. They see the embrace of critical race theory as a positive step in the quest for racial justice and reconciliation in America.
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