“I am of the Anglo-Saxon race which founded this Anglo-Saxon empire in the wilderness…”—Washington Irving

Many are taught to equate white supremacy with the Ku Klux Klan. I was.

My late friend Joy Trieglaff loved studying Scripture. She was a sister of the book.

On April 3, 1969, Noam Chomsky joined William F. Buckley on Buckley’s influential debate show Firing Line.

“What overcomes me now is the scale of dislocation our family and friends experienced and of which I was scarcely conscious, essentially unknowing witness in 1948.” -Edward Said

Historical consciousness, an eye to social context, and a knack for constructing meaningful distinctions are necessary for Socratic self-examination and critical consciousness.

As we’d say in New Jersey: “It’s been a minute.”

Ever the biblical theologian, Padilla points his readers to what a full reflection on the Spirit requires.

Acts 2, then, recounts that God poured out the Spirit upon “lowly” Galileans, equipping those with accents that flagged their supposed inferiority to proclaim the gospel in the languages of the diaspora gathered in Jerusalem for Pentecost.

“Is this not a sign of how oftentimes throughout the history of the church the Spirit of God manifests his power and humility?”—C. René Padilla

The Spirit that empowered Jesus to fulfill his mission will empower Jesus’ disciples to fulfill their mission to the nations.

Hartman contrasts visions of whiteness championed by John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and their political parties.

Robin DiAngelo is not a Critical Race Theorist.

“The contest over whiteness—its definition, its internal hierarchies, its proper boundaries, and its rightful claimants—has been critical to American culture throughout the nation’s history, and it has been a fairly untidy affair.” —Matthew Frye Jacobson

Although Kendi isn’t a CRT scholar many people think he is CRT.

Jesús estaba convencido de que su ministerio debía promover cambios socioeconómicos radicales lo suficientemente grandes como para ser considerados como signos de la venida de una nueva era de justicia y paz —'el año del favor del Señor', el año jubilar (Lev 25), —C. René Padilla

As fears of Critical Race Theory (CRT) spread across the United States—including within US churches—many of us find the common descriptions of CRT unrecognizable.

This is my family history. This is Church history. This is the history of Christian Nationalism.

Jesus was convinced that his ministry was to promote radical socioeconomic changes big enough to be regarded as signs of the coming of a new era of justice and peace—‘the year of the Lord’s favor,’ the Jubilee year (Lev 25). —C. René Padilla

El mismo Espíritu que se movia sobre el caos durante la creación está trabajando para promover la recreación y la restauración a lo largo de toda la creación.