Thread by @vhobbs5

A few thoughts on Cru's recent, deeply troubling publication on CRT, specifically its portrayal of critical theory.

p.48
"I don’t think you have to know about Critical Theory
or Cultural Marxism to have the biblical discernment
that these teachings contradict Scripture." #CruToo

https://twitter.com/vhobbs5/status/1390062752127926278

This quote 👆 encapsulates so much that is wrong with evangelicalism.
I have been teaching on critical language pedagogy & critical language theories since 2008.
I can't say strongly enough how grossly inaccurate, wildly misinformed & dangerously unbalanced this Cru document is.

The Cru document is heavily dependent on one online 2019 TGC article on critical theory.
Yet even this article notes that "Christians, in general, are woefully ill-equipped to accurately represent & critique critical theory because of relying too heavily on secondary sources."

That a global organisation of the size of Cru would so poorly represent the ways that numerous scholars (incl. Christians) have engaged responsibly w/ the diversity of critical theories in order to work toward a more just society is staggeringly irresponsible.

In my own scholarship trajectory, I've spent nearly 20 yrs considering/wrestling w/critical pedagogy & critical theories of language in order to understand how these theories do & do not apply to the ways that religious language & other discourses work.

When working on issues connected to violence, to harm, to injustice-
When speaking about social, cultural, economic, educational, religious, etc. forces, where the stakes are so high, that connect to matters of dignity, to flourishing, to justice ..

We. Must. Take. Care.
#CruToo