Not Critical Race Theory, Just American History By Ronald A. Wells Back in June, Eugene Schlesinger, the editor of Covenant, wrote a fine essay that raised questions about “Critical Race Theory” (CRT). He asked good questions about a phenomenon that many ... Read More...
Critical Race Theory: Understanding the Real Threat By Eugene R. Schlesinger A bit over a year ago, America watched a man be murdered by the police. George Floyd’s murder was preceded, of course, by the death of Breonna Taylor at the hands of the police, and ... Read More...
On Apocalyptic Mobs By Mark Perkins “He who holds to the truth holds to God.” — Romano Guardini A mob is an apocalypse, a conflagration casting fiery light on what was previously in shadow. On August 12, 2017, we watched scenes of violence in Charlottesville posted to Twit... Read More...
A Farewell to Conservatism: James Baldwin and William F. Buckley’s Classic Debate By Matt Boulter In the spirit of full disclosure, let me put my cards on the table. I grew up in a conservative, white, evangelical home in West Texas in the 1970s and 80s. I went on mission trips with my So... Read More...
Shame and Glory of the Evangelicals By Peter C. Schellhase Evangelical Anglicanism has among its heroes those who took a courageous stand against social injustice. These include William Wilberforce, the English MP who devoted much of his polit... Read More...
The Color of the Godhead Is It Time to Remove Images of the White Jesus From Churches? By Pamela A. Lewis "So tell me," began the tastefully dressed, middle-aged woman, to whom I had just been introduced at a church social event, "how does it feel to be a Black person who attends ... Read More...
White Christian Fallacies By Stewart Clem Every Christian I know believes that racism is a sin. Yes, there are some who claim the title “Christian” while espousing white nationalism, but I’m not personally acquainted with any of them... Read More...
6 thoughts after Charlottesville The first step is to commit to long-term strategies, rather than have our actions dictated by the urgency of the moment. As Slavoj Žižek put it, it is time to think and not act.
