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Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Language
English
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Churches remain racially segregated and are largely ineffective in addressing complex racial challenges. In The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby takes us back to the root of this injustice in the American church, highlighting the cultural and institutional tables we have to flip in order to bring about progress between black and white people.
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Series
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Chanequa Walker-Barnes offers a compelling argument that the Christian racial reconciliation movement is incapable of responding to modern-day racism. She demonstrates how reconciliation's roots in the evangelical, male-centered Promise Keepers' movement has resulted in a patriarchal and largely symbolic effort, focused upon improving relationships between men from various racial-ethnic groups. Walker-Barnes argues that highlighting the voices of...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Race-Wise Family walks Christian parents through ten distinct postures of the heart to raise kingdom-minded children who will stand against racial injustice and inequity as part of their Christian witness and discipleship"--
Lee and Reyes walk Christian parents through ten distinct postures of the heart to help their children understand today's racial dynamics. They offer action steps you can apply immediately, so your children can learn to...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum, a Tyndale nonfiction imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The good news is that the Bible has a lot to say about how to heal our persistent racial divides. In this book, popular Bible teacher Derwin Gray walks us through Scripture, showing us the heart of God--how God from the beginning envisioned a reconciled multiethnic family in loving community, reflecting his beauty and healing presence in the world. This message is central to the gospel itself. After reading this book, you won't read the Bible the...
Author
Publisher
Herald Press
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
What if racial reconciliation doesn't look like what you expected? The high-profile killings of young black men and women by white police officers, and the protests and violence that ensued, have convinced many white Christians to reexamine their intuitions when it comes to race and justice. In this provocative book, theologian and blogger Drew G.I. Hart places police brutality, mass incarceration, antiblack stereotypes, poverty, and everyday acts...
Author
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"We have struggled to effectively address racial tension in the United States. While colorblindness ignores our history of injustice, antiracism efforts have often alienated people who need to be involved. In his model of collaborative conversation and mutual accountability, sociologist George Yancey offers an alternative to racial alienation where all seek the common good for all to thrive"--
Author
Publisher
Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Racism is omnipresent in American life, both public and private. We are immersed in what prominent faith leader Willie Dwayne Francois III calls white noise--the racist speech, ideas, and policies that lull us into inaction on racial justice. White noise masks racial realities and prevents constructive responses to microaggressions, structural inequality, and overt interpersonal racism. In this book, Francois calls people of all racial backgrounds...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Globally acclaimed speaker Reggie Dabbs and pastor and author John Driver address our toughest questions and fears about racism head-on as they foster exactly the type of conversation we need to have in order to address the pain of racism in our country, our churches, and our hearts"--
Author
Publisher
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Many of us feel like we don't belong or are out of touch with our true identity. Discover how you can gain a stronger sense of who God made you to be and step confidently into every relationship, fully owning your unique distinctions and celebrating the differences of others. Group dynamics can be based on the simplest forms of physical and cultural distinctions, and those who don't quite fit the mold of a group can feel like outsiders. The reality...
Author
Publisher
Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Native is about identity, soul-searching, and the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin Curtice offers a unique perspective on these topics. In this book, she shows how reconnecting with her Potawatomi identity both informs and challenges her faith. Curtice draws on her personal journey, poetry, imagery, and stories of the Potawatomi people to address themes...
Author
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"So what happened to Christianity in America? This is the question my brother Jonathan faces head-on in this book. He follows this question to the heart of America's original sin, and he invites all of us to join him there and face another question: is our God greater than America's racism? This is a question we must answer, no matter the color of our skin. Slaveholder religion has infected every corner of the church in America-including the black...
Author
Publisher
Chalice Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Pastor, award-winning author, and rising civil rights leader Michael W. Waters (Stakes Is High, For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World) ruminates on the sacred places and spaces he visited as part of a cross-country trek in the summer of 2016 through America's racial history. From reflections on the river's edge where Emmit Till's body was recovered in the 1950s, to the spot of Malcolm X's assassination, to the author's prayer before...
Author
Publisher
IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"People of color have endured traumatic histories and almost daily assaults on their dignity. Professional counselor Sheila Wise Rowe exposes the symptoms of racial trauma to lead readers to a place of freedom from the past and new life for the future. With Rowe as a reliable guide who has both been on the journey and shown others the way forward, you will find a safe pathway to resilience"--
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Walk the path of love with one of the warmest, most beloved spiritual leaders of our time, and learn how to put faith into action. Much of the world (read: two billion people) met Bishop Michael Curry when he delivered his sermon on the redemptive power of love at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle. Here, he expands on his message of hope, in an inspirational road map for living the way of love, illuminated with...
15) A burning house: redeeming American evangelicalism by examining its history, mission, and message
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"American Evangelicalism is ablaze. This is an inevitable result of divisions along ethnic and cultural lines, which have long tarnished the movement's witness. Deliberate and sacrificial integration is the sole solution, and Brandon Washington challenges the movement to realize what it has always been in Christ"--
"Despite the civil rights progress he fought for and saw on the horizon in the 1950s and '60s, Martin Luther King Jr.-increasingly concerned...
Author
Publisher
IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It's clear that issues of race and equality have come to the forefront in our nation's consciousness. Every week yet another incident involving racial tension splashes across headlines and dominates our news feeds. But it's not easy to unpack the origins of these tensions, and perhaps we wonder whether any of these issues really has anything to do with us.Ken Wytsma, founder of the Justice Conference, understands these questions. He has gone through...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan Reflective
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
How to Fight Racism by Jemar Tisby is a handbook for fighting racism that provides readers with practical tools and suggestions, along with real-world examples of change, to enable them to become proactive initiators of racial justice. Racism is pervasive in today's world, and many are complicit in the failure to confront its evils. Jemar Tisby, author of the award-winning The Color of Compromise, believes we need to move beyond mere discussions about...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Loving your neighbor isn't just a nice idea--it's one of Jesus's most important commands. Dr. Emily Smith will transform your understanding of this instruction and help you live it out in practical, everyday ways.In recent years, disparities and inequities have come to wider attention--including in the church--that were created by years of oppression, suppression, worldviews, ideologies, politics, and systemic biases. The sheer size of the problem...
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