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I'm black : I'm Christian. I'm Methodist. / edited by Rudy Rasmus.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American Methodists.
- Methodist Church--Doctrines.
- Methodist Church.
- Black theology.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 150 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville, TN : Abingdon Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Black American people have 400 years of experience with "Racism dressed up as Christianity." Despite overt and covert white supremacy, I'm Black will help black readers articulate why they choose to identify as Christian and Methodist, with some interest from anti-racist white Methodists who are open to reparation of the harm done by the Church to their brothers and sisters in Christ. Black Methodists, like other segments in a fracturing United Methodist denomination, are experiencing an identity crisis, 50 years after choosing to stay and transform the world together with other persons of color and within a white majority church culture. Ten effective Black Methodist leaders write from personal experience and provide a compass for the "Black People called Methodist." Each starts with the fact, "I am Black," but to resolve the conflict of being Christian and Methodist means confronting aspects of white theology, white supremacy, and white racism in order to ground an oppositional reality and experience born out of domination over several centuries"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: One. I'm (Really) Black. I'm (Amazingly) Christian. I'm Methodist (For Now) / Rudy Rasmus
- Two. I'm Black. I'm Young. I'm a Woman. And I'm Grieved / Tori C. Butler
- Three. I'm Black. I'm Kneeling to Stand / Rodneyl Graves
- Four. I'm Black. I've Seen. I Remain / Lillian C. Smith
- Five. I'm Black. I'm Methodist. I'm Fighting for Racial Reconciliation / Erin Beasley
- Six. I'm Black. I'm Pastor of a White Methodist Church / Justin Coleman
- Seven. I'm Black. I Stutter. I Teach in a White Church / Jevon A. Caldwell-Gross
- Eight. I'm Black. I'm Queer Lesbian. I'm Methodist. I'm Thriving, Irregardless / Pamela R. Ughtsey
- Nine. I'm Black. I'm Conscious. I'm Your Conscience / F. Willis Johnson.
- ISBN:
- 9781791017095
- 1791017096
- OCLC:
- 1222055545
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