The Color of Compromise

Author: Jemar Tisby
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780310113607
Category : ADULT BOOKS.
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby takes readers back to the roots of sustained racism and injustice in the American church. Filled with powerful stories and examples of American Christianity's racial past, Tisby's historical narrative highlights the obvious ways people of faith have actively worked against racial justice, as well as the complicit silence of racial moderates. Identifying the cultural and institutional tables that must be flipped to bring about progress, Tisby provides an in-depth diagnosis for a racially divided American church and suggests ways to foster a more equitable and inclusive environment among God's people. Book jacket.

The Color of Compromise Study Guide

Author: Jemar Tisby
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310114845
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
Racism is one of the most polarizing conversations in our world and in the church. But it's a topic that the church can and must take part in. In this twelve-session study (DVD/streaming video sold separately), Jemar Tisby will guide you and your group through deeper reflections and concrete solutions for improved race relations and a racially inclusive church. Based on the teachings of his bestselling book, The Color of Compromise, Tisby will take you deeper into the topic, so that you'll: Learn more about the history of racism in America—from the colonial era through the Civil Rights movement. Develop a stronger ability to see the role that the American church has played in that abuse. Consider what gospel-inspired role you and your church can play in the important work of racial healing. The Color of Compromise Study Guide asks that participants acknowledge some challenging truths—about themselves and their nation—but it also makes space for you to articulate how you feel about confronting these truths. Throughout the twelve sessions, you'll take part in a number of activities, including: Video teachings from Jemar (The Color of Compromise Video Study, sold separately). Written responses and personal reflections. Scripture readings and prayers. Group discussion questions. Before you embark, remember that peace among racial and ethnic groups is not something that we have to achieve by our own wisdom and strength. The foundation of all reconciliation was accomplished by Jesus on the cross. Through Christ's power, the church can become a model of racial unity in our country. Designed for use with The Color of Compromise Video Study (9780310102205), sold separately.

How to Fight Racism

Author: Jemar Tisby
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310104785
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
Winner of the 2022 ECPA Christian Book Award for Faith & Culture How do we effectively confront racial injustice? We need to move beyond talking about racism and start equipping ourselves to fight against it. In this follow-up to the New York Times Bestseller the Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby offers an array of actionable items to confront racism. How to Fight Racism introduces a simple framework—the A.R.C. Of Racial Justice—that teaches readers to consistently interrogate their own actions and maintain a consistent posture of anti-racist behavior. The A.R.C. Of Racial Justice is a clear model for how to think about race in productive ways: Awareness: educate yourself by studying history, exploring your personal narrative, and grasping what God says about the dignity of the human person. Relationships: understand the spiritual dimension of race relations and how authentic connections make reconciliation real and motivate you to act. Commitment: consistently fight systemic racism and work for racial justice by orienting your life to it. Tisby offers practical tools for following this model and suggests that by applying these principles, we can help dismantle a social hierarchy long stratified by skin color. He encourages rejection passivity and active participation in the struggle for human dignity. There is hope for transforming our nation and the world, and you can be part of the solution.

White Evangelical Racism

Author: Anthea Butler
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469661187
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals play a strikingly unified, powerful role in the disunion. These evangelicals raise a starkly consequential question for electoral politics: Why do they claim morality while supporting politicians who act immorally by most Christian measures? In this clear-eyed, hard-hitting chronicle of American religion and politics, Anthea Butler answers that racism is at the core of conservative evangelical activism and power. Butler reveals how evangelical racism, propelled by the benefits of whiteness, has since the nation's founding played a provocative role in severely fracturing the electorate. During the buildup to the Civil War, white evangelicals used scripture to defend slavery and nurture the Confederacy. During Reconstruction, they used it to deny the vote to newly emancipated blacks. In the twentieth century, they sided with segregationists in avidly opposing movements for racial equality and civil rights. Most recently, evangelicals supported the Tea Party, a Muslim ban, and border policies allowing family separation. White evangelicals today, cloaked in a vision of Christian patriarchy and nationhood, form a staunch voting bloc in support of white leadership. Evangelicalism's racial history festers, splits America, and needs a reckoning now.

Faithful Antiracism

Author: Christina Barland Edmondson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830847243
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 171

Book Description
Racism presents itself as an undefeatable foe—a sustained scourge on the reputation of the church. Drawing on brand-new research, Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan remind us that Christ has overcome the world and offer clear analysis and interventions to challenge and resist racism's pernicious power, equipping readers to move past talk and enter the fight in practical and hopeful ways.

White Too Long

Author: Robert P. Jones
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982122870
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
"WHITE TOO LONG draws on history, statistics, and memoir to urge that white Christians reckon with the racism of the past and the amnesia of the present to restore a Christian identity free of the taint of white supremacy"--

Protest and Progress

Author: Calvin B. Rock
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940980225
Category : African American Seventh-Day Adventists
Languages : en
Pages :

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America's Religious History

Author: Thomas S. Kidd
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
ISBN: 0310586186
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
Religion, race, and American history. America's Religious History is an up-to-date, narrative-based introduction to the unique role of faith in American history. Moving beyond present-day polemics to understand the challenges and nuances of our religious past, leading historian Thomas S. Kidd interweaves religious history and key events from the larger story of American history, including: The Great Awakening The American Revolution Slavery and the Civil War Civil rights and church-state controversy Immigration, religious diversity, and the culture wars Useful for both classroom and personal study, America's Religious History provides a balanced, authoritative assessment of how faith has shaped American life and politics.

100 Days to Brave for Kids

Author: Annie F. Downs
Publisher: Zonderkidz
ISBN: 0310751608
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
Kids can be brave, just like adults, especially as they embrace the plan God has for their lives.?New York Times?bestselling author Annie F. Downs presents honest wisdom and humor, giving kids the courage and confidence to deal with everything from community engagement and friendships to anxiety and difficult changes in life. 100 Days to Brave for Kids?is your kids’ guide to help them conquer their fears and find their courage. With 100 days of biblically-based devotions and thoughtful advice, they will discover: How to be the best version of themselves they can be How to defeat fear so it doesn't hold them back Their unique gifts and how to create daily habits that will help them face any circumstance Complete with Scripture, journaling space, practical teaching, and encouragement,?100 Days to Brave for Kids?is perfect for: Kids ages 8 to 12 who are facing change, loss, loneliness, or uncertainty Helping children through difficult transitions Family reading, and for youth groups or small groups to read and study together Birthday gifts, holidays, communion, and confirmation giving Kids today are going through a lot! With anxiety and loneliness at all-time highs, these 100 days can help your child discover they are braver than they know and stronger than they thought possible. Look for additional inspirational books for kids from Annie: Perfectly Unique: Love Yourself Completely, Just As You Are. Speak Love: Your Words Can Change the World

Mixed Blessing

Author: Chandra Crane
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830848061
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
Chandra Crane has keenly felt the otherness of having a mixed multiethnic and multicultural background. But those of us with a mixed heritage have the privilege and potential to serve the Lord through our unique experiences. Crane explores what Scripture and history teach us about ethnicity and how we can bring all of ourselves to our sense of identity and calling.