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The Word of the Lord, Endures Forever. Edward Faser is well known to First Things readers. He is

Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena College, author of, among other things, five proofs of the

existence of God, Aquinas, a beginner's guide, and

other books, many other books. And there is a new one out called All One in Christ,

a Catholic critique of racism and critical race theory. That is our topic today. A very timely one.

Welcome, Professor Faser. Thanks for having me. Great to be here.

All right. Well, you know, I read through the book, and your opening definition of racism is a sound and sensible one, and I want to read it fully.

Racism is the belief that not all races have the same basic rights or duties and or supernatural destiny.

And therefore, not all races should be equal before the

law, find equal admittance to economic, cultural, civic, and social life, or benefit from

a fair sharing in the nation's riches. I have to ask, is that definition all you? Did you come up

with that? I think it's a wonderful definition, or did you borrow that from

other sources? I want to give you credit if I can. Yeah, well, I'm afraid you can't. That's not

my definition, or at least not entirely. I derive it from a statement from St. Paul the 6th,

and I don't have my book in front of me, so I don't have all the

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