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Holding up your corner : talking about race in your community / F. Willis Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, F. Willis, author.
- Series:
- Holding Up Your Corner
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (92 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville, Tennessee : Abingdon Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Lead your congregation to see and solve problems of race and justice in your community.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Praise for Holding Up Your Corner
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Willis "Bing" Davis
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface: What Happened in My Corner
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Our Challenge as Church Leaders
- What This Book Will (and Will Not) Do
- The Structure of the Book
- What Does "Holding Up Your Corner" Mean?
- Part One: Unmasking Reality
- Chapter One: Real Talk
- Our God-Talk
- Being Prophetic
- The Hard Truth
- Our Communities Are Trauma Patients
- Chapter Two: Empathic Models of Transformation
- The Story of the Paralytic
- The Role and Responsibility of the Church
- Empathic Model of Transformation: Acknowledge, Affirm, Act
- Part Two: being EMT's
- Chapter Three: Acknowledge
- How We Got Here
- Intersectionality
- Injustice and Inequality Are Sin
- The Problem with Privilege
- Savior Mentality
- Your Story, Your Biases
- The Other's Story, Their Language
- Chapter Four: Affirm
- The Beautiful Church
- Right Relationship: Unity amid Difference
- Hearing and Hollering
- How the Church Can Improve Its Hearing
- The Picture
- Affirmation as a Manifestation of Grace
- Chapter Five: Act
- How to ACT as a Preacher
- How to ACT as a Leader
- Six Values for Action
- The Action Framework
- Using the Framework: An Example
- Dare to Care
- Conclusion
- Part Three: Practical Helps
- Suggested Next Steps
- Suggested Next Step #1: Holding Up Your Corner: Guided Conversations about Race
- Leading the Guided Conversation about Race
- Suggested Next Step #2: Create an EMT Map of Your Community
- A Guide to Language and Terminology about Race
- Privilege Quiz: (from Holding Up Your Corner: Guided Conversations about Race)
- How to Get (and Stay) Connected
- Recommended Resources for Reading, Watching, and Listening
- About the Author.
- Editorial Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 6, 2016).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5018-3760-5
- OCLC:
- 965157403
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