Living into God's Dream: Dismantling Racism in America

Meeks, Catherine [Editor]; Wallis, Jim [Foreword];

ISBN 10: 0819233218 / ISBN 13: 9780819233219

Published by Morehouse Publishing, 2016

Seller Inventory # 0819233218-3-28943654

Synopsis:

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.

About the Authors:

Catherine Meeks, PhD, is the winner of the President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award for her decades of work for racial justice. A nationally recognized speaker, radio commentator, and writer for publications including Baptist News, she is the former executive director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing and author of six books, including The Night is Long, but Light Comes in the Morning: Meditations on Racial Healing. Dr. Meeks is the founder of Turquoise and Lavender, an institute for transformation and healing. She holds a master’s degree in social work from Clark Atlanta University, a PhD from Emory University, and honorary doctorates from Virginia Theological Seminary, the Seminary of the Southwest, and the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University. Dr. Meeks lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jim Wallis is an esteemed preacher, teacher, and writer. He is the author of American’s Original Sin, God’s Politics, The Great Awakening, and The Call to Conversion, and the podcast host of The Soul of the Nation with Jim Wallis. Wallis has also served on the White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and taught at Harvard and Georgetown universities.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Living into God's Dream: Dismantling Racism ...
Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good