“The Statement of Social Justice and the Gospel” does much the same. The Conservative Baptist Network, for example, declares CRT an unbiblical ideology without defining the term. ![]() So, what is CRT? Most Christian treatments never say. All sides owe Christians an account of what CRT is and why it is harmful or useful. Given the importance critics and opponents attribute to CRT, this widespread ecclesiastical silence is tragic. And for others, CRT remains a nebulous phrase and nothing more. For others, it is a helpful tool Christians could employ to facilitate justice and love of neighbor. For some, CRT is an ideology antithetical to the gospel. These considerations and calls have sparked heated discussions about “Critical Race Theory” (CRT). ![]() This photo from a white supremacist website shows Dylann Roof, convicted in the mass shooting at Emanuel A.M.E. These horrendous injustices forced Christians to reconsider how to love their neighbors in a racialized society, and ignited renewed calls across Christian denominations to pursue racial conciliation within the church and broader society. The slayings in Charleston began a movement to remove the Confederate Battle Flag from the state capitol grounds in South Carolina. The deaths of Brown, Garner, and Gray sparked mass protests across the U.S. A White supremacist murdered nine members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. a post-racial society- hadn’t it re-elected President Barack Obama, its first Black president?-police had killed Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Freddie Gray. For, despite the chorus of voices declaring the U.S. ![]() – The Conservative Baptist Network Critical Race Theory and the Church “The Network rejects various unbiblical ideologies currently affecting the Southern Baptist Convention such as Critical Race Theory, intersectionality, and social justice.” “Critical Race Theory is the most exciting development in contemporary legal studies.” Editor’s note: This is the first part of a series on Critical Race Theory by Nathan Luis Cartagena.
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