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By Brian Bantum

Brian Bantum says that race isn't really simply an highbrow classification or a organic truth. very like the incarnation, it's a “word made flesh,” the confluence of varied powers that let a few to arrange and dominate the lives of others. during this means racism is a deeply theological challenge, person who is principal to the Christian tale and person who performs out day-by-day within the usa and through the international. within the loss of life of Race, Bantum argues that our makes an attempt to heal racism won't prevail till we deal with what provides upward push to racism within the first position: a fallen realizing of bodies that sees distinction as whatever to withstand, defeat, or subdue. for that reason, he examines the query of race, yet throughout the lens of bodies and what bodies suggest in the course of a classy, racialized global, one who without end dehumanizes darkish our bodies, thereby rendering we all under God's intention.

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The Death of Race: Building a New Christianity in a Racial World

Brian Bantum says that race isn't in simple terms an highbrow type or a organic truth. very like the incarnation, it's a “word made flesh,” the confluence of assorted powers that permit a few to prepare and dominate the lives of others. during this approach racism is a deeply theological challenge, one who is crucial to the Christian tale and person who performs out day-by-day within the usa and in the course of the international.

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