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Christian Criticism of Critical Theories

Christian Criticism of Critical Theories Critical Theory (CT) is a philosophical framework for understanding the world in ideological forces that are either categorised as oppressed or oppressor groups. Consequently, CT argues that the problem with the world is the oppressive group and seeks to perceive the world’s problems through that lens, and posits solutions in light of it. It is important to note that CT is the overarching framework, and there are specific Critical Theories (e.g., Critical Race Theory, Critical Gender Theory - a subbranch of Feminist Theory, Critical Legal Theory, etc.) In my university course (Critical and Cultural Theory), I had the opportunity to publish 3x 300-350 word blog posts engaging with various critical theories that we learnt in the course. In this blog, I’ve shared two of my posts from the subject: Verbal, Plenary Inspiration of Scripture: Limitation or Liberation?  To give a text an Author is to impose a limit on that text, to furnish it with a fina