{"id":29938,"date":"2023-10-17T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=29938"},"modified":"2023-11-21T14:32:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T18:32:53","slug":"robert-chao-romero-jeff-liou-christianity-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/robert-chao-romero-jeff-liou-christianity-critical-race-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Chao Romero &#038; Jeff Liou: Christianity and Critical Race Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Critical race theory (CRT) has become a lightning rod in contemporary American politics and evangelical Christianity. In this interview, Dr, Robert Chao Romero and Dr. Jeff Liou offer a critical but constructive and sympathetic introduction to CRT written from a perspective rooted in Scripture and Christian theology, moving us beyond caricatures and misinformation to consider how critical race theory can be an analytical tool to help us understand persistent inequality and injustice&#8211;and to see how Christians and churches working for racial justice can engage it in faithful and constructive ways. These themes are covered in their book <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9781540965196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Christianity and Critical Race Theory: A Faithful and Constructive Conversation.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Robert Chao Romero is associate professor in the UCLA dept of Chicana\/o, Central American, and Asian American Studies; director of the Brown Church Initiative, Fuller Theological Seminary; an attorney; and author of the award-winning book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9780830852857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina\/O Social Justice, Theology, and Identity<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em>You can connect with him and find out more about his work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertchaoromero.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jeff M. Liou is national director of theological formation for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship\/USA and adjunct assistant professor of Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He cofounded the Asian American Christian Collaborative and writes on race and justice, Asian American Christianity, theological ethics, and political theology. 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