There is a good essay at First Things about the failed secular theology of “systemic racism.”
“Slavery and Jim Crow were evil and systemic. Racism is sinful. But the solution is not to replace the church’s theology of forgiveness with a secular atonement narrative that undermines the Christian narrative.”
The essay explains how the academic/media/political race narrative not only contradicts Christian teaching: it is actually sinful.
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I liked this article so much that I reposted it to Facebook (still not on the Twitter bandwagon!). Here’s what I said in promoting the article:
This is an interesting article on ‘systemic racism’, especially as it is interpreted by church leaders… in contrast to Apostle Paul’s view on racism (people of every nation, tribe, etc)… and, they didn’t get into this, but in my opinion, in contrast to Dr. Martin Luther King’s view on racism (people will – in his future, still to be accomplished – be seen not on the basis of skin color but on content of their character)
We came pretty close to MLK’s dream in the mid-1970s in my town. It’s been downhill ever since.