Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe (Voddie Baucham)

Fault Lines

The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe 

“I want this book to be a clarion call.  I want to unmask the ideology of Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality in hopes that those who have imbibed it can have the blinders removed from their eyes, and those who have bowed in the face of it can stand up, take courage, and ‘contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.'”  — Voddie Baucham

As a wave of violent riots protesting the death of a black man at the hands of police shook the nation in the summer of 2020, most Americans were shocked. Christians nationwide, eager to fulfill their God-given calling to bring peace and reconciliation, took to pulpits and social media in droves to affirm that “black lives matter” and proclaim that racial justice “is a gospel issue.”

But what if those Christians, those ministers, and those powerful ministries don’t know the whole story behind the new movement that’s been making waves in their congregations? Even worse: what if they’ve been duped into adopting a set of ideas that not only don’t align with the Kingdom of God, but stand diametrically opposed to it?

Fault Lines 

In this powerful book, pastor, professor, and leading cultural apologist Voddie Baucham explains the sinister worldview behind the social justice movement and how it has quietly spread like a fault system, not only through our culture, but throughout the evangelical church in America. He also details the devastation it is already wreaking—and what we can do to get back on solid ground before it’s too late.

Whether you’re a Christian who feels like you’ve just woken up in a strange new world and wonder how to engage both sensitively and effectively in the conversation on race, or a pastor who’s wondering how to deal with increasingly polarized factions within your congregation, this book will provide the clarity and understanding you need to either hold your ground, or reclaim it.

Voddie’s approach to the Bible is better understood when you know the path he has walked. Raised in a non-Christian, single-parent home, Voddie did not hear the gospel until college. His journey to faith was a very unusual and intellectual one. Consequently, he understands what it means to be a skeptic.  He knows what it’s like to try to figure out the Christian life without relying on the traditions of men. As a result, he speaks to ‘outsiders’ in ways few Bible teachers can.

Paperback
ISBN: 9781684513284
Publisher: Salem Books

Endorsements

“The theological work is precise. The personal narrative is arresting and moving.  The cultural analysis is razor-sharp and not drive by buzzwords but by data.”

— Owen Strachan, Professor of Christian Theology, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City

“This book is a must-read for all Christians.”

— Louis Markos, Ph.D., Professor of English and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University

— Fault Lines is great. I shall be requiring it of my students.”

— Mark DeVine, Ph.D., Professor of Divinity at Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School

About the Author

VODDIE BAUCHAM, JR. has been a pastor and a church planter.  He is currently serving as dean of the School of Divinity at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia.  Voddie and his wife, Bridget, have been married for more than thirty years. They have nine children and two grandchildren, and are committed home educators.  He is skillful at demonstrating the relevance of God’s Word to everyday life.  He does so without compromising the centrality of Christ and the gospel.  Those who have heard Voddie preach find themselves both challenged and encouraged.

“This book is, among many things, a plea to the Church.  I believe we are being duped by an ideology bent on our own demise. This ideology has used our guilt and shame over America’s past, our love for the brethren, and our good and godly desire for reconciliation and justice, as a means through which to introduce destructive heresies.” — Voddie Baucham, Fault Lines

Dr. Baucham holds degrees from Houston Baptist University (BA in Christianity/BA in Sociology), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (D.Min.), and an honorary degree from Southern California Seminary (D.D.).  He has done additional post-graduate study at the University of Oxford, England (Regent’s Park College).