More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the GospelRecipient of a Christianity Today 1994 Critics Choice Award! Here is living proof that white and black Christians can live together. When Spencer Perkins was sixteen years old, he visited his bloodied and swollen father (pastor John Perkins) in jail. Police had beaten the black activist severely, and Spencer never forgot the moment. He couldn't imagine living in community with a white person after that. But his plans were changed. Chris Rice grew up in very different circumstances, of "Vermont Yankee stock," attending an elite Eastern college and looking forward to a career in law and government. But his plans were changed. Spencer and Chris became not only friends, but yokefellows--partners for more than a decade in the difficult ministry of racial reconciliation. From their own hard-won experience, they show that there is hope for our frightening race problem, that whites and African-Americans can live together in peace. This revised and expanded edition includes a new introduction, a new afterword, a new study guide, updated resources and a new chapter by Spencer, "Playing the Grace Card." In compellingly practical detail, Chris and Spencer present their hope, which is boldly and radically Christian. "The cause of racial reconciliation needs yokefellows," they argue, ". . . not solely for the sake of racial harmony--even though it will lead to that--but for the witness of the gospel." |
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Page 11
... things are worse than ever.” Who is right? My new conclusions from the growing evidence caught me by surprise. After enduring two and a half centuries of brutal slavery, followed by another hundred years of violently enforced ...
... things are worse than ever.” Who is right? My new conclusions from the growing evidence caught me by surprise. After enduring two and a half centuries of brutal slavery, followed by another hundred years of violently enforced ...
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... Things appear to get worse, and are perceived as getting worse, because they are getting better. If the integration of two groups legally and socially separated for more than 350 years does not produce friction, it is the surest sign ...
... Things appear to get worse, and are perceived as getting worse, because they are getting better. If the integration of two groups legally and socially separated for more than 350 years does not produce friction, it is the surest sign ...
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... thing, but if not for the right reason, if not inspired by sincere love, it doesn't even count (1 Cor 13:1-3)! Every bit of racial progress in America has been fought for, inch by inch. The reign of God's kingdom, however, comes never ...
... thing, but if not for the right reason, if not inspired by sincere love, it doesn't even count (1 Cor 13:1-3)! Every bit of racial progress in America has been fought for, inch by inch. The reign of God's kingdom, however, comes never ...
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... thing?” One of the critiques of More Than Equals has been its black-white focus. Well, some of my best friends are Latino and Asian and . . . no, I won't go there. The fact is, Spencer and I didn't write as scholars but as practitioners ...
... thing?” One of the critiques of More Than Equals has been its black-white focus. Well, some of my best friends are Latino and Asian and . . . no, I won't go there. The fact is, Spencer and I didn't write as scholars but as practitioners ...
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... things to be called. But perhaps they are voicing a deep insecurity that lies behind the image of success. Idolization of whiteness takes a sick form in the cut-and-paste surgery, common to Asian-American women, that “Westernizes” their ...
... things to be called. But perhaps they are voicing a deep insecurity that lies behind the image of success. Idolization of whiteness takes a sick form in the cut-and-paste surgery, common to Asian-American women, that “Westernizes” their ...
Contents
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White Blinders | 70 |
Submit | 129 |
From Anger Guilt to Passion Conviction | 131 |
Weapons for the Battle | 143 |
A Reconciliation Story | 151 |
The Character of a Reconciler | 167 |
White Fear | 180 |
More Than Skin Deep | 188 |
Unlikely Comrades | 207 |
School Daze | 85 |
Black Residue | 93 |
Silence Gives Consent | 104 |
A Little Respect | 118 |
Friends Yokefellows 20 Playing the Grace Card 227 | 227 |
Resources Study Guide 265 | 265 |
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