As white Christian nationalism continues to gain popularity in the U.S., Christians focused on racial justice are asking how to create a society and church that is more diverse. For a long time, people thought the answer to creating a more diverse church revolved around an emphasis on multiculturalism or racial reconciliation. But evidence shows that the multicultural church movement has largely failed to bridge the racial divide.
Author and public theologian Amar D. Peterman has pointed out that Christian appeals to racial diversity “falsely equate minority representation or ‘raising awareness’ with signs of social progress, even though there is no structural change.”
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