His goal is neither to condemn nor justify the police rather, he highlights the disparities in the narratives woven about these names while introducing other names that are unknown (47). While always upholding and affirming the worth and dignity of human life, Baucham reviews the narratives around high profile deaths, including Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Michael Brown, and George Floyd. Through careful documentation and measured explanation, Baucham explains the need for truth and the widespread danger of false narratives. Throughout the book Baucham utilizes the imagery of fault lines and the earthquakes that occur near them to illustrate the damage these ideologies have caused and will continue to cause to evangelical Christianity.Ĭhapter 3 discusses the requirement to seek true justice and the lamentable mischaracterizations of justice that plague the current “cultural moment” (42). He argues that these categories of thought are not merely analytical tools but unbiblical worldviews that pervade the social air we breathe. 1–2) and decades of study in Scripture and sociology.
Voddie Baucham draws from lessons he learned both from his upbringing (chs.
Myers.įault Lines is a careful refutation of Critical Theory and its related ideologies, particularly critical race theory, intersectionality, and antiracism. Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastropheįault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe, by Voddie T.
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