Critical Faith

<p>Near hysteria has erupted in the media state and federal legislatures community boards and churches around critical race theory (CRT). Despite the term's history development and clearly defined meaning it has become a catch-all for white America's fears deflections and equivocations on race society and the law. Christians are no exception. Their critiques routinely claim that CRT is rewriting of American history that it is anti-democratic and even heretical.</p><p></p><p><i>Critical Faith</i> presents a counter argument to these claims and insists that CRT is a tool to grapple with the thorny issue of race in both society and the church. In a reasoned tone <i>Critical Faith</i> defines the origins of CRT explains what the theory is and demonstrates its merits from teaching experiences of the author.</p><p></p><p>Schwartz-Chaney argues that CRT is the victim of what Patricia Williams calls definitional theft and that by recovering its original meaning Christians can move past mischaracterizations and caricatures toward a more nuanced view of race racism and the tools available to make progress in the church and in society.</p>