Read 2 chapters in the Manseau (14 & 15) and the Color of Christ chapter
At this point you\’ve carefully read 2 chapters in the Manseau (14 & 15) and the Color of Christ chapter, as well as the article regarding desegregation in Texas (\”Stuck in the middle with you.\”) For this discussion, use at least two (2) of the readings for examples to specifically show how the \”social issue\” of racism becomes a religious one.
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER IN THIS DISCUSSION: How do the religious (people of faith) use religion to define a person\’s social place in the world as separate (even when they are sometimes of the same religion)? This will need to clarify that racism is a SOCIAL problem, NOT a religious one. (FYI, reinterpreting something from a sacred text does NOT make the interpretation sacred. Critical thinking is particularly important for those with faith, because accepting another\’s interpretation as valid when it doesn\’t actually agree with the faith is troublesome. After making an argument, in NO MORE THAN a couple of sentences, give an example that you learned in another class at sometime during your life as a student, of people using religion for purposes other than it was intended.
(For example, I remember reading about how medieval European Jews faced expulsion from different Christian countries, were refused rights to purchase land, participate in trade guilds, forced to live in ghettos, and their wealthy were expected to \”loan\” money to the Christian king and aristocrats who then expelled or killed them when the loans were due. An excellent example of the use of religion for economic gain and/or social control that has no basis in religion.)
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