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Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne
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Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth: 12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice
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The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice from the Civil Rights Movement to Today
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The great problem with dominant white theologians, especially white men, is their tendency to speak as if they and they alone can set the rules for thinking about God. That is why they seldom turn to the cultures of the poor, especially people of color, for resources to discourse about God. But I contend that the God of Jesus is primarily found
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The Genesis of Liberation: Biblical Interpretation in the Antebellum Narratives of the Enslaved
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In situations like this, it is controlled chaos. I wish I had the code to unlock Michael’s mind. But no such code exists. All I can bring to the conversation are my heart and my trust that God wants me in the midst of this chaos. The imprisoned are the poorest of the poor. If the heart of God is to be found anywhere, it is to be found in the hole.
Gary Smith • Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor
For a wise articulation of this point, see Michael Horton, Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014).