by Austin Suter
I have tried in this series to be both brief and clear. Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been around a long time and has many sub-schools within the broader field of study. It can seem daunting to get one’s hands around it enough to understand what people are talking...
by Alicia Akins
Slow Growers, Late Bloomers, and Those Yet Unseeing? How often must Christ have stared into the eyes of his dearest friends and known they didn’t get it—let alone the countless faces in the crowds whose understanding veered even further from the truth. From birth to...
by Austin Suter
In part one of our series on Critical Race Theory (CRT), I discussed how Christians often wrongly frame questions around CRT as an all-or-nothing proposition. In part two, I pointed out ways critical race theorists help us understand the history of racism in America...
by Courtney Reissig
“Kids don’t see color.” It’s a common phrase, isn’t it? Maybe it’s one you’ve heard before, or even said yourself. I’ll be the first to admit it—I’ve said it on numerous occasions. Despite all the racial tension in our nation, kids somehow make friends with anyone....
by Austin Suter
In the introduction to this series, I argued that we often think of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the wrong ways. We think of it as a unit to be taken up or discarded as a whole. We view it monolithically rather than seeing it as a complex field of study occupied by...
by Austin Suter
A seminary professor told me that the three most controversial letters in Evangelicalism are “CRT.” If you Google the acronym, you will find an overwhelming amount of information, much of it conflicting, about Critical Race Theory. How should Christians think about...