Pre-post-racial America : spiritual stories from the front lines / Sandhya Jha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jha, Sandhya R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--20th century.

Race relations.

United States--Church history--20th century.

United States.

United States--Church history--21st century.

United States--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Saint Louis, Missouri : Chalice Press, 2015.

Summary:

Those people. Their issues. The day's news and the ways we treat each other, overtly or subliminally, prove we are not yet living in post-racial America. It's hard to talk about race in America without everyone very quickly becoming defensive and shutting down. What makes talking race even harder is that so few of us actually know each other in the fullness of our stories. A recent Reuters poll found 40% of White people have no friends of other races, and 25% of people of color only have friends of the same race. Sandhya Rani Jha addresses the hot topic in a way that is grounded in real people's stories and that offers solid biblical grounding for thinking about race relations in America, reminding us that God calls us to build Beloved Community. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter provide starting points for reading groups.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction: Complicating the Narrative-Stories of Living Race in America

1 The Civil Rights Movement Fifty Years Later

2 Border Battles

Can We Migrate into the Beloved Community?

3 Murky Terminology

4 (The Myth of) The Angry Black Man

5 Perpetually Liminal

The Myth of the Perpetual Foreigner and In-Betweenness

6 Isn't It Really about Class?

7 Race and Religion Post 9/11

8 We Are Each Others' Victims Siblings

9 Navigating Privilege

10 #Every28hours

Dealing with the Grief of Racism in Real Time

11 "But I Don't Think of You As…

Navigating Mixed-Race Identity in a One-or-the-other World

12 Oppression Olympics, Intersectional Faith, and the Integrated Self

Conclusion: Beloved Communities.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780827244917

0827244916

9780827244924

0827244924