Countering the Colorblind Rhetoric
To be colorblind suggests a race-neutral perspective whereby no theological anthropological meaning is attached to one's physical embodiment. Colorblind ideology benefits the hegemony and negates the imago Dei of people of color and their long history with individual and institutional racism. T...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2019]
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Religious education
Year: 2019, Volume: 114, Issue: 4, Pages: 486-499 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Colored person
/ Religious identity
/ Racial theory
/ Critical theory
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RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KBQ North America |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
Summary: | To be colorblind suggests a race-neutral perspective whereby no theological anthropological meaning is attached to one's physical embodiment. Colorblind ideology benefits the hegemony and negates the imago Dei of people of color and their long history with individual and institutional racism. This article advocates for the use of Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a critical pedagogy to counter the colorblind rhetoric in spiritual identity formation and praxis, specifically using CRT theories racial realism and whiteness as property for the purpose of faith formation, faith transformation, and meaning-making in the current theo-political U.S. context. |
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ISSN: | 1547-3201 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious education
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2019.1625657 |