By Theology in the Raw | Listen | Watch | 1 h 23m
Published in June of 2021
SUMMARY: In a vulnerable and nuanced discussion about CRT, politics, and the church, host Preston Sprinkle and Dr. Ed Uszynski discuss finding the “transcendent middle.” They also identify that the Christian approach to critical race theory (CRT) is often met with a lack of empathy and theological understanding of justice . Skip to the nine-minute mark to get to the meat of the interview.
This podcast pairs nicely with Lamont English‘s article Critical Race Theory is the New Boogeyman for the White Evangelical Reformed Church.
KEY QUOTE: “There is a conversation that is happening in the greater culture that is heading into a particular direction, that is being fueled by a particular language and systems of thinking – the critical theory, and Marxism, identity politics that is all part of the battle that is happening – systemic racism, police brutality… it is over there being talked about in secular culture. Inside the church we should have some different language. We should have a theological understanding of justice. For example, we should be immersed in care and concern for vulnerable populations regardless of color, gender, and background. We should robustly be able to think about what it means to care for the least of these… That is a Biblical idea that we should be immersed in theologically and Biblically, but I don’t think that is happening for most Christian people. I think most Christian people are engaging those issues, if they are doing it at all, with the secular stuff and don’t recognize we need to separate ourselves and think it two different lanes.” – Dr. Ed Uszynski
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PODCAST: Understanding Critical Race Theory with Bradly Mason
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PODCAST: Critical Theory & the Christian with David Fitch
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PODCAST: Is Critical Race Theory compatible with Christianity? Neil Shenvi & Rasool Berry
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