Becoming an Anti-Racist Church: Journeying toward Wholeness

Contents

C o n t e n t s • vii • Preface ix Introduction: Eleven O’Clock Sunday Morning 1 Setting the Biblical Context: Reclaiming an Anti-Racist gospel 11 Part I The Past: Racism and Resisting Racism in Church History 23 A Tale of Two Churches 27 Racism in united States Church History 37 Resisting Racism in united States Church History 51 Racism and Resisting Racism in the Post–Civil Rights Church 67 Part II The Present: Racism in the Church Today 83 Race, Prejudice, and Power in the Church 87 Captive Christians in a Captive Church 101 Institutionalized Racism in the Church 115 Cultural Racism and the Multicultural Church 133 Part III The Future: Shaping an Anti-Racist Church 145 god’s Call to Become an Anti-Racist Church 153 getting It Done: The Organizing Task 169 Institutionalizing Anti-Racism in the Church 185 Notes 201 Additional Resources 207 Index 215 ...