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Dear Pastor Conflicted about LGBTQ+ Inclusion
By Bill White and Brenna Rubio
Dear Pastor Conflicted about LGBTQ+ Inclusion, we have been in your shoes. You’ve started to wonder whether the church – YOUR church – needs to become more inclusive, especially of LGBTQ people, and you feel conflicted. Your heart is torn, your mind is spinning.
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The Brown Church
By Robert Chao Romero
Dr. Romero takes the reader on a journey through the rich, but often unseen history of the latino church. Pulling out key concepts like mission integral, and borderlands theology, he shows the powerful contribution of the latino church to the larger global church conversation.
Why this book interests me:
The brown (latino) church has wrestled with the combination of social justice and Christian faith for longer than many North American churches. So the insights here are both deep and profound–but also the specifics of the latino community help me understand the unique contributions of the Asian American church. –Nikki T-S
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I Bring the Voices of My People
Written by Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes
Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes offers a compelling argument that the Christian racial reconciliation movement is incapable of responding to modern-day racism. She demonstrates how reconciliation’s roots in the evangelical, male-centered Promise Keepers’ movement has resulted in a patriarchal and largely symbolic effort, focused upon improving relationships between men from various racial-ethnic groups.
Why this book interests me:
The American evangelical church has long promoted strategies for racial justice that won’t work. Books like this one are showing us the way to break that cycle. — Andre H
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The Color of Compromise
By Jemar Tisby
Jemar Tisby takes a bold look at the historic connection between white Christianity and racism. With grace and truth, Tisby guides readers to think through concrete solutions for improved race relations and a racially inclusive church.
Why this book interests me:
It’s vital that white Christians understand the history of racism in the church so they can understand reframe the fight for racial justice as essential to Christian faithfulness. — Andre H
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Native
By Kaitlin Curtice
As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin Curtice offers a unique perspective on these topics. In this book, she shows how reconnecting with her Potawatomi identity both informs and challenges her faith.
Why this book interests me:
Kaitlin’s perspective helps me to interrogate how much my understanding of Christianity is mediated through a Western settler-colonial lens. She’s one of many voices helping to undo the lie that Christianity and indigenous culture are mutually exclusive. — Andre H
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Raise Your Voice
By Kathy Khang
In Raise Your Voice, Kathy Khang encourages people who are often marginalized because of societal factors like race and gender to boldly use their God-given voices.
Why this book interests me:
In Raise Your Voice, Kathy Khang encourages people of color to accept Divine permission to speak up in spite of the power dynamics that try to compel us to stay silent. — Andre H
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13th
Directed by Ava Duvernay
13th is an excellent primer on the historic connection between mass incarceration in the United States and racism.
Why this film interests me:
13th fills in the gaps of American history by revealing some uncomfortable truths about our criminal justice system that have been hiding in plain sight for decades. — Andre H
