Living into God's Dream : Dismantling Racism in America - Catherine Meeks

Living into God's Dream

Dismantling Racism in America

By: Catherine Meeks (Editor), Jim Wallis (Foreword by)

Paperback | 8 December 2016

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An unflinching look at the failure to achieve an equitable society with faith-based approaches to a meaningful racial reconciliation.

While the dream of post-racial America remains unfulfilled and the current turmoil (George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, to name a few), this examination of racism is more relevant and consequential than ever. Living into God's Dream combines frontline personal stories with theoretical and theological reflections. It aims to forge new and truthful conversations on race and doesn't shy away from difficult discussions, such as reasons for the failure of past efforts to achieve genuine racial reconciliation and the necessity to honor rage and grief in the process of moving to forgiveness and racial healing.

This collection of nine essays is honest, pragmatic, and courageous in its real-world view of racism and how people of faith and conscience can work together to "dismantle racism." Review questions at the end of the book, appropriate for individual or group study, can engender deeper discussions and reflections.

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"There will be no racial reconciliation in America without justice. There will be no justice without racial healing.' Catherine Meeks writes these words in one of the chapters in this book, and it is the theme woven through the whole work. The authors are animated by a fierce and tender love for humankind wounded by the sin of racism and a profound conviction that God offers us a way through these wounds to new life together. This book is a companion for that journey."
-The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey Lee, Bishop of Chicago

"Living into God's Dream presents compelling perspectives on racial healing and justice-making through the voices of a diverse group of authors. The book addresses the complexities of structural and cultural racism, and offers hopeful responses that will resonate with readers, whether they are experienced racial justice advocates or just beginning to explore antiracism ministries. This book is a wonderful resource for Christian communities seeking to deepen their engagement with racial reconciliation."
-Heidi J. Kim, Missioner for Racial Reconciliation, The Episcopal Church

"Living into God's Dream is a gift to the church, to be sure, but it is also a gift to the American people. With insights that penetrate and probe the biases that lurk in the most unexamined chambers of our hearts, these essays will help even the most reluctant readers to grapple with the truth about white privilege, white supremacy, and what it means to be Black in America. Better still, these essays provide us with the tools we need-including the motivation-to take up the hard work of dismantling racism in our time."
-Richard T. Hughes, Lipscomb University and author, Myths America Lives By

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