what are the best books on racism available on logos or vyrso
https://www.logos.com/product/56742/bloodlines-race-cross-and-the-christian
Here's one by a favorite author of mine ;-)
Thanks. Keep them coming
Check these out: https://vyrso.com/product/125885/americas-original-sin-racism-white-privilege-and-the-bridge-to-a-new-america
Unfortunately I haven't read it yet, nor is it available on Vyrso, but I'll throw it in anyway.
https://www.amazon.com/CROSSING-LINE-CULTURE-RACE-KINGDOM/dp/1946800228
The author is from the same group of churches which I attended while I was a mission worker in Cambodia. As far as I'm aware, they have eliminated racial division in the Church entirely (even in places like South Africa). So I guess this book must contain some good stuff.
The Bible.
He has made from one blood every nation of men to live on the entire face of the earth, having appointed fixed times and the boundaries of their habitation, Acts 17:26
If you're on the more text critical side of the house: https://www.amazon.com/Together-Minority-Biblical-Criticism-Literature/dp/1589832450 The editor is quite interesting, as well as the perspectives.
I like the phrase 'hermeneutical malleability' (probably badly mispelled). What an umbrella phrase.
If you're on the more text critical side of the house: https://www.amazon.com/Together-Minority-Biblical-Criticism-Literature/dp/1589832450 The editor is quite interesting, as well as the perspectives. I like the phrase 'hermeneutical malleability' (probably badly mispelled). What an umbrella phrase.
Separate and apart from the merits of this work - which may be substantial - I find that phrase terrifying.
I don't have this one, but it looks relevant: Can a Cushite Change His Skin? An Examination of Race, Ethnicity, and Othering in the Hebrew Bible
NSBT is consistently good, and I do have this one:
From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race
This is an old thread, but newly relevant again. Here are the best books on race, racism, or racial justice that Logos carries. "Best" as defined by authors I know of and have a high regard for, or books that have been recommended to me or have high ratings on Amazon.
* marks ones of particular note
Advocates: The Narrow Path to Racial Reconciliation (Dhati Lewis, B&H Books)
Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God's Shalom (Adam L. Gustine, IVP)
Beyond Racial Gridlock: Embracing Mutual Responsibility (George Yancey, IVP)
Bloodlines (John Piper, Crossway)
A Body Broken, A Body Betrayed: Race, Memory, and Eucharist in White-Dominant Churches (Mary McClintock Fulkerson & Marcia W. Mount Shoop, Cascade/Wipf & Stock)
Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity (Miguel A. De La Torre, Eerdmans)
* Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win (John M. Perkins, Baker Books)
Holding Up Your Corner: Talking about Race in Your Community (F. Willis Johnson, Abingdon Press)
* Let Justice Roll Down (John M. Perkins, Baker Books)
* Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church (Soong-Chan Rah, Moody)
Might from the Margins: The Gospel's Power to Turn the Tables on Injustice (Dennis R. Edwards, Herald Press, forthcoming Sept 2020)
The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World (Sandra Maria Van Opstal, IVP)
* One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love (John M. Perkins, Moody)
Oneness Embraced: Reconciliation, the Kingdom, and How We are Stronger Together (Tony Evans, Moody)
Race and Theology (Horizons in Theology) (Elaine A. Robinson, Abingdon Press)
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope (Esau McCaulley, IVP, forthcoming Sept 2020)
Stony the Road We Trod: African American Biblical Interpretation (Cain Hope Felder, Fortress Press)
A Theology of Race and Place: Liberation and Reconciliation in the Works of Jennings and Carter (Andrew Thomas Draper, Pickwick Publications)
* Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism (Drew G. I. Hart, Herald Press)
Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race (Benjamin Watson, Tyndale)
White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White (Daniel Hill, IVP)
Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice (Eric Mason, Moody Publishers)
Love in Hard Places has a section on racism: https://www.logos.com/product/163452/love-in-hard-places
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These are some of the very best. I would also suggest books on slavery and its backlash. I'll throw in two I consider the best at the end.
https://www.amazon.com/You-Want-Talk-About-Race-ebook/dp/B07QBNKJTZ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1593347084&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Antiracist-Ibram-Kendi-ebook/dp/B07D2364N5/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1OEHVL384XC94&dchild=1&keywords=so+you+want+to+talk+about+race&qid=1593347276&sprefix=so+%2Caps%2C300&sr=8-3
https://www.amazon.com/White-Fragility-People-About-Racism-ebook/dp/B07638ZFN1/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1OEHVL384XC94&dchild=1&keywords=so+you+want+to+talk+about+race&qid=1593347325&sprefix=so+%2Caps%2C300&sr=8-4
https://www.amazon.com/Between-World-Me-Ta-Nehisi-Coates-ebook/dp/B00SEFAIRI/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1OEHVL384XC94&dchild=1&keywords=so+you+want+to+talk+about+race&qid=1593347325&sprefix=so+%2Caps%2C300&sr=8-6
https://www.amazon.com/Stamped-Beginning-Definitive-History-America-ebook/dp/B017QL8WV4/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1593347325&sr=8-7
https://www.amazon.com/Color-Law-Forgotten-Government-Segregated-ebook/dp/B01M8IWJT2/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1593347325&sr=8-8
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Kids-Sitting-Together-Cafeteria-ebook/dp/B071KSKT3K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1593347325&sr=8-10
https://www.amazon.com/Im-Still-Here-Dignity-Whiteness-ebook/dp/B07466JDSH/ref=sr_1_11?crid=1OEHVL384XC94&dchild=1&keywords=so+you+want+to+talk+about+race&qid=1593347325&sprefix=so+%2Caps%2C300&sr=8-11
Slavery and its backlash
https://www.amazon.com/Half-Has-Never-Been-Told-ebook/dp/B01HXM0R9Q/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XGH0J4788OAL&keywords=half+the+story+has+never+been+told&qid=1593349176&s=books&sprefix=Half+the+s%2Caps%2C203&sr=1-1
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=blackmon+slavery+by+another+name&i=stripbooks&crid=3SIDONLQLMK1&sprefix=Blackmon%2Caps%2C249&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_8
Bonus
https://www.amazon.com/Slave-Trade-Story-Atlantic-1440-1870-ebook/dp/B00B3VMMGU/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=web+dubois+the+atlantic+slave+trade&qid=1593349556&sr=8-6
https://www.amazon.com/Suppression-African-Slave-Trade-United-America/dp/0199384347/ref=sr_1_2?crid=WWGH71HCAQAN&dchild=1&keywords=suppression+of+the+african+slave+trade&qid=1593349867&sprefix=suppression+of+%2Caps%2C300&sr=8-2
Thanks for the recommendations from everyone so far. I would love to see as many of these resources as possible make it into Logos. What a timely issue which we all should understand more.
