Faith in Action: A Guide for Activists, Advocates, and Allies by The Faith in Action Writing CollectiveOffers quick dives into a range of topics, from racial justice to environmental concerns, from LGBTQIA equality to Native people's rights, from women's equality to disability rights, from mass incarceration to immigration. Each topic includes informative visuals and data, as well as practical suggestions for what you can do to make a difference in your community.
Silencing White Noise: Six Practices to Overcome Our Inaction on Race by Willie Dwayne Iii FrancoisDrawing from his anti-racism curriculum, the Public Love Organizing and Training (PLOT) Project, Francois encourages us to move from a "colorblind" stance and mythic innocence to one that takes an honest account of our national history and acknowledges our complicity in racism as a prelude to anti-racist interventions.
Preaching Racial Justice by Gregory Heille; Maurice Nutt; Deborah Wilhelm (Editors)Preaching Racial Justice conveys the urgency of Christian antiracism preaching from ecumenical, intercultural, and intergenerational perspectives. In addition to being a handbook for preachers, Preaching Racial Justice can readily serve as a textbook for ecumenical schools of theology and ministry, as well as for discussion groups among congregations looking for insightful theological and practical ways of understanding race, racial justice, white supremacy, white privilege, white fragility, racial oppression, black suffering, #blacklivesmatter, racial and personal reconciliation and healing, or beginning the necessary process of dismantling racism within the church and society.
Becoming the Anti-Racist Church: Journeying Toward Wholeness by Joseph Barndt. This practical and important volume extends the insights of Barndt's earlier, more general work to address the race situation in the churches and to equip people there to be agents for change in and beyond their church communities.
Faithful Antiracism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change by Chad Brennan; Christina EdmondsonA comprehensive study on Christians and race that follows up the legacy of Emerson's own book Divided by Faith (2001). It invites readers to put this data to immediate practical use, applying it to their own specific context.Compelled by our grievous social moment and by the timeless truth of Scripture, Faithful Antiracism will equip readers to move past talk and enter the fight against racism in both practical and hopeful ways.
Compassion (&) Conviction: The AND Campaign's Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement by Justin Giboney; Michael Wear; Chris ButlerThe authors of this book represent the AND Campaign, which exists to educate and organize Christians for faithful civic and cultural engagement. . In simple, understandable language, they lay out the biblical case for political engagement and help Christians navigate the complex world of politics with integrity, from political messaging and the politics of race to protests, advocacy, and more.
How Ableism Fuels Racism: Dismantling the Hierarchy of Bodies in the Church by Lamar HardwickHelps Christian communities engage in critical conversations about race by addressing issues of ableism. Hardwick believes that ableism-the idea that certain bodies are better than others-and the disability discrimination fueled by this perspective are the root causes of racial bias and injustice in American culture and in the church. Drawing on historical records, biblical interpretation, and disability studies, he examines how ableism has perpetuated both disability and racial discrimination.