Called to Reconciliation – How the Church Can Model Justice, Diversity, and Inclusion

AvJonathan C. Augustine,William Willimon

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Outreach 2023 Recommended Resource (Social Issues)Nationally recognized speaker and church leader Jay Augustine demonstrates that the church is called and equipped to model reconciliation, justice, diversity, and inclusion.This book develops three uses of the term "reconciliation": salvific, social, and civil. Augustine examines the intersection of the salvific and social forms of reconciliation through an engagement with Paul's letters and uses the Black church as an exemplar to connect the concept of salvation to social and political movements that seek justice for those marginalized by racism, class structures, and unjust legal systems. He then traces the reaction to racial progress in the form of white backlash as he explores the fate of civil reconciliation from the civil rights era to the Black Lives Matter movement.This book argues that the church's work in reconciliation can serve as a model for society at large and that secular diversity and inclusion practices can benefit the church. It offers a prophetic call to pastors, church leaders, and students to recover reconciliation as the heart of the church's message to a divided world. Foreword by William H. Willimon and afterword by Michael B. Curry.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-05-17
Mått:143 x 214 x 12 mm
Vikt:202 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Baker Publishing Group
ISBN:9781540965035

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Jonathan C. Augustine (JD, Tulane University; DMin, Duke University) is a reconciliation scholar, ordained minister, and professor. In addition to serving as senior pastor of St. Joseph AME Church in Durham, North Carolina, and as national chaplain of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., he is also a missional strategist with the Duke Center for Reconciliation and a professor at North Carolina Central University Law School. Augustine often speaks on topics related to race, reconciliation, diversity, and inclusion and has received numerous national awards and recognitions for his work in civil rights and social justice. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from President Barack Obama, the National Bar Association's 40 Lawyers Under 40 Award, and Ebony Magazine's 30 Leaders of the Future recognition.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsForeword by William H. WillimonIntroductionReconciliation in ContextThe Divided States of AmericaSocial Divisions and the Church's Ministry of ReconciliationConclusionPart 1: The Theology of Reconciliation1. The Trajectory of Reconciliation: Definitions and Peter's Leadership in the Early ChurchDefining and Contextualizing Reconciliation: Salvific, Social, and CivilPeter's Leadership in Moving the Church toward Reconciliation: The Original Use of the Word ChurchThe Church Was Born as a Jewish AssemblyReconciliation Under Peter's Leadership: The Church Admits Gentiles as "the Other"2. Social Reconciliation: Paul's Theology of Equality in Christ JesusPaul's Theology in Moving the Church toward ReconciliationSocial Reconciliation in Galatians, 1 Corinthians, and RomansApplying Social Reconciliation's Threefold Criteria to Paul's Theology of Equality3. Civil Reconciliation: Contextualizing King and the Black Church's Ministry of ReconciliationCivil Reconciliation Stems from Social ReconciliationThe Importance of Forgiveness in Civil ReconciliationContextualizing Civil ReconciliationRevisiting Forgiveness as a Part of Reconciliation: King's Theology with a More Contemporary and Applied ResponseConclusionPart 2: Reconciliation with "the Other"4. The Response to Civil Reconciliation: White Evangelicalism and the Southern Strategy Give Rise to "Make America Great Again"The Southern Strategy Meets "Make America Great Again"The Voting Rights Act and Affirmative Action: Two of the Civil Rights Movement's Most Measurable Achievements in Civil ReconciliationA Response to Success: The Southern Strategy Fusion of White Evangelicals and the Republican PartyCan Anything Separate Evangelicals from Blind Political Allegiance?Conclusion5. Where Do We Go from Here? A Call for the Church to Return to Her Apostolic-Era Embrace of Diversity and Inclusion What Did God Intend the Church to Look Like?How Can Diversity and Inclusion Be Good in Moving the Church toward Reconciliation?Evangelicals and the Issues: Can the Divisions Unearthed by "Make America Great Again" Move the Church toward Reconciliation?ConclusionEpilogueAfterword by Michael B. CurryAppendix: Supreme Court CasesIndexes