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Most African Americans have had at least two life-altering experiences that are burned into their memory—the moment they realized they were black and the moment they realized that was a problem.
Eric Mason • Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice
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
... See moreJames H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
In a society in which certain people or groups—by virtue of economic, social, or political power—have dead-weight advantages over others who are essentially without that kind of power, those who are thus disadvantaged know that they cannot fight back effectively, that they cannot
Howard Thurman • Jesus and the Disinherited
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.