Reconstructing the Gospel : finding freedom from slaveholder religion
(Book)
Contributors
Barber, William J., II, 1963- writer of foreword.
Published
Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2018].
ISBN
9780830845347, 0830845348
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Chetco Community Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 277.3083 WILSON-HARTGROVE 2018 | Available |
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Published
Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2018].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780830845347, 0830845348
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"'I am a man torn in two. And the gospel I inherited is divided.' Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove grew up in the Bible Belt in the American South as a faithful church-going Christian. But he gradually came to realize that the gospel his Christianity proclaimed was not good news for everybody. The same Christianity that sang, 'Amazing grace, how sweet the sound' also perpetuated racial injustice and white supremacy in the name of Jesus. His Christianity, he discovered, was the religion of the slaveholder. Just as Reconstruction after the Civil War worked to repair a desperately broken society, our compromised Christianity requires a spiritual reconstruction that undoes the injustices of the past. Wilson-Hartgrove traces his journey from the religion of the slaveholder to the Christianity of Christ. Reconstructing the gospel requires facing the pain of the past and present, from racial blindness to systemic abuses of power. Grappling seriously with troubling history and theology, Wilson-Hartgrove recovers the subversiveness of the gospel that sustained the church through centuries of slavery and oppression, from the civil rights era to the Black Lives Matter movement and beyond. When the gospel is reconstructed, freedom rings both for individuals and for society as a whole. Discover how Jesus continues to save us from ourselves and each other, to repair the breach and heal our land"--
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wilson-Hartgrove, J., & Barber, W. J., II. (2018). Reconstructing the Gospel: finding freedom from slaveholder religion . IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan, 1980- and William J. Barber, II. 2018. Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom From Slaveholder Religion. IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan, 1980- and William J. Barber, II. Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom From Slaveholder Religion IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan, and William J. Barber, II. Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom From Slaveholder Religion IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2018.
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