Critical Religion Scholars’ Data Denial: Their Odd Efforts to Downplay Bias Against and Contributions of Christians

Abstract

Although Critical Privilege (CP) scholars, such as Edwards et al. (2023) acknowledge secular privilege, my ongoing intellectual conversation with them on these pages has not only reinforced my original concerns but it has also created new ones They do not understand the American uniqueness regarding faith-based and secular higher education when compared to the rest of the world, and the role that religious liberty plays in that uniqueness. They also continue to misrepresent my argument in important ways. Finally, I find them strangely stubborn about acknowledging the extent of secular privilege’s negative influence on Christians in pluralistic higher education.