Young, Woke and Christian

Victoria Anne Turner is a Lecturer at Ripon College Cuddesdon

"The thing about prophetic voices is that they provide deep and profound challenge, upset the status quo and say things that are uncomfortable but that need to be heard. I found this book deeply challenging and learnt something new from each of the chapters. The Church cannot let young people be voices crying out in the wilderness, but draw them in and listen to what they have to say. What we find in this book is young people from diverse backgrounds crying out for justice, a justice rooted in the authentically radical nature of the kingdom of God. They are calling on the Church to do better. It's time we listened."

• Acknowledgements viiPrologue ixAnthony ReddiePoem: When Black Goes Breathless xiiiSamuel Nwokoro1. Introduction: ‘Coming Out as Christian’ 1Victoria Turner2. Climate Crisis: Grief, Anger and Hope as I Look to the Future 17Liz Marsh3. Racial Inclusion: Guidelines to Being a More Racially Inclusive Church 27Nosayaba Idehen4. Queer, Christian and Tired: Why I’m No Longer Talking to Cishet Christians about Sexuality 39Josh Mock5. When Did I Start Calling my Body ‘it’? Purity Culture, Trauma and Learning to Embody Liberation 52Molly Boot6. Comfortable Feminism is Not Enough: Following Christ’s Call for Abundant Life 62Kirsty BorthwickPoem: Smashed 74Laura Cook7. Trans and Christian? 78Jack Woodruff8. Waking Up to Ableism in Christian Communities 90Chrissie Thwaites9. Food Poverty: Bread of life? Or Bread for Life? 104Anna Twomlow10. The Relevance of Mental Health for the Faith of Young People 116Annika Mathews11. The Intentional Integration of Homeless and Formally Homeless Communities Radically Transforms the Life of our Church 129Shermara J. J. Fletcher12. Interfaith Engagement as Social Action: Going Beyond Sharing Samosas to Realizing a Common Humanity 142Sophie Mitchell13. Our Call to Real Peace 155Annie SharplesContributors 168