A prominent evangelical leader publicly named racial superiority a Christian heresy

Evidence

After the 2015 South Carolina church shooting, Mohler posted his boldly titled response: “The Heresy of Racial Superiority—Confronting the Past, and Confronting the Truth.” The piece began strongly. Defining heresy as an error “so important that those who believe it… must be considered to have abandoned the faith,” Mohler flatly named the idea of “racial superiority” as a Christian heresy. And he declared that Roof’s actions were “a hideous demonstration of the deadly power of this heresy.” Mohler also declared directly that “one cannot simultaneously hold to an ideology of racial superiority and rightly present the gospel of Jesus Christ” or “defend the faith once for all delivered to the saints.” — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 167

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader literature on the SBC formal apology for slavery and how doctrinal language (‘heresy’) frames racism as a theological error. — connects to: Evangelical Christian faith now promotes rather than restrains racial prejudice; Evangelical Christianity predicts higher symbolic racism among White Americans — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2189; Intense Christian faith now correlates with rather than reduces racial prejudice (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Prominent evangelical leaders publicly opposed Trump over his moral character #exemplifies (0.80) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 598
• Evangelical Christian faith now promotes rather than restrains racial prejudice #contradicts (0.75)
• Evangelical Christianity predicts higher symbolic racism among White Americans #contradicts (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2189
• Intense Christian faith now correlates with rather than reduces racial prejudice #contradicts (0.75)
• White American churches historically worshipped a Jesus who demanded racial hierarchy. #contradicts (0.75) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 31
• White supremacists claim Christian identity against Christ’s teachings #corroborates (0.70)