Rev Gregory P Schulz, DMin, PhD
As I wrote in my published article, Woke Dysphoria at Concordia, the Wokeism at our LCMS Concordias is “a potent cocktail of Progressivism, Neo-Pragmatism, and Marxism.”
https://christiannewsmissouri.com/2022/02/15/woke-dysphoria-at-concordia/
Just a few months ago The Federalist reported that the Woke Marxist apparatus remains in place at Concordia University Wisconsin.
https://thefederalist.com/2023/02/23/professor-banned-for-calling-out-racism-at-christian-university-negotiates-his-return/
As Prof John McWhorter has pointed out, Woke Marxism is a religion from which we must protect our sons and daughters.
https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Racism-Religion-Betrayed-America/dp/0593423062/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1692213919&sr=8-3
Yet another academic year is upon us, but no Concordia university president or board has repudiated Woke Marxism. No Concordia faculty as a whole or academic dean / provost has unequivocally repudiated Woke Marxism, for that matter.
So how can you tell for yourself (or for your college-bound son or daughter) if a university department or professor, for example at a Concordia university — is Woke and Marxist; or is truly biblical and confessional in his teaching?
Here’s how:
Ask for a written / emailed response to these three questions from your (potential) professors:
#1 — Do you utilize the thoughts of Herbert Marcuse, Angela Davis, Paulo Freire, or Derrick Bell in any of your courses or professional writings? Why is that, exactly?
#2 — Have you repudiated the thoughts of Herbert Marcuse, Angela Davis, Paulo Freire, or Derrick Bell in any of your courses or professional writings? Why is that, exactly?
#3 — Where in your courses and professional writings do you specifically apply Colossians 2:8-9 to the thoughts and ideas of theorists who adapt and adopt the writings and ideas of Herbert Marcuse, Angela Davis, Paulo Freire, or Derrick Bell?
Accept no non-answers. You deserve to know what each of your professors is professing. You’re investing a ton of time and money and trust, after all.
[Optional — Do you, Professor, support the punishment of a professor who publishes professional and theological criticisms of an LCMS university administration and board that adapts and / or adopts the writings and ideas of Herbert Marcuse, Angela Davis, Paulo Freire, or Derrick Bell? Why is that your position, exactly?]
NOTE For your own thinking and evaluation of courses and academic programs at contemporary religious universities (such as our LCMS Concordias, for example) have a good look at Christopher Rufo’s book, as well as Psalm 1 and Psalm 119.
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