SBC “Left-Wing” View on SJ and CRT – Baptist News Global
This should give the reader a sense of the battle that is going on in the SBC right now over this issue. This is absolutely NOT an endorsement of the views of this article. It is published here only as an example of the denominational debate. (KSchaal)
.This is the first in a series of opinion columns to be published over the next three weeks exploring Critical Race Theory.Earlier this month, all six presidents of the seminaries controlled by the Southern Baptist Convention announced a total ban on Critical Race Theory, intersectionality and critical thought in their institutions of theological education.
Declaring that all faculty “must agree to teach in accordance with and not contrary to the (2000) Baptist Faith & Message,” these presidents then portrayed the strict adherence policy as a heroic means of holding firm against outside, “secular culture” and the “rising tide of theological compromise.”Laura LevensAs the final strike, they pronounced Critical Race Theory, intersectionality and “any version of Critical Theory” to be “incompatible” and therefore no longer allowed.
Source: SBC seminary presidents are propagating fear to maintain control – Baptist News Global
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