Loeffler repeatedly identified Warnock as such during Sunday’s debate and asked Warnock pointblank, “Can you here and now for all Georgians renounce socialism and Marxism?” Warnock would not do so.Īs Breitbart News reported, Warnock has also described Dr. Warnock has been described as “radical” by his critics in part for his writings. Yet, Gary Marx’s analysis is flawed by a paternalistic bias with respect to faith, culture and experience that trivializes black struggle against the obduracy of white capitalistic forces and lumps all forms of black denominational and sectarian identity together in an undifferentiated way that hardly makes it possible for those who are its subjects to see themselves in the discussion.
To be sure, the Marxist critique has much to teach the black church. Indeed, it has played an important role in the maturation of black theology as an intellectual discipline, deepened black theology’s apprehension of the interconnectivity of racial and class oppression and provided critical tools for a black church that has yet to awaken to a substantive third world consciousness. In his 2014 book, The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology, Piety, and Public Witness, Warnock praised Marxism as a way to “teach the black church” and criticized Gary Marx, whom Warnock described as “a scholar who operates from within the theoretical framework of his famous namesake,” for trivializing “black struggle against the obduracy of white capitalistic forces.”Īn excerpt from The Divided Mind is below: Two written works in particular reveal Warnock’s interest in Marxism, a philosophy named for Communist Manifesto author Karl Marx that has been employed by oppressive governments such as those of China and the Soviet Union. Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia Senate runoff race, has come under fire amid his Senate bid for his past sermons, speeches, and writings.
Warnock, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church who is seeking to unseat Republican Sen. Raphael Warnock’s past writings espouse Marxist views and include an abundance of racially charged language, a revelation that comes after Warnock evaded a debate question Sunday on whether he rejects Marxism.
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