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The color of compromise : the truth about the American church's complicity in racism / Jemar Tisby.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, [2019]Description: 253 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780310597261
  • 0310597269
  • 9780310597315
  • 0310597315
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Color of compromise.DDC classification:
  • 305.800973 23
LOC classification:
  • E185.615 .T595 2019
Contents:
Foreward / by Lecrae -- The color of compromise -- Making race in the colonial era -- Understanding liberty in the age of revolution and revival -- Institutionalizing race in the Antebellum era -- Defending slavery at the onset of the Civil War -- Reconstructing white supremacy in the Jim Crow era -- Remembering the complicity in the North -- Compromising with racism during the civil rights movement -- Organizing the religious right at the end of the twentieth century -- Reconsidering racial reconciliation in the age of Black Lives Matter -- The fierce urgency of now -- Conclusion : be strong and courageous.
Summary: Churches remain racially segregated and are largely ineffective in addressing complex racial challenges. In The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby takes us back to the root of this injustice in the American church, highlighting the cultural and institutional tables we have to flip in order to bring about progress between black and white people.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection E185.615 .T595 2019 Available 31794003198547
Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) E185.615 .T595 2019 Available 35898001739040
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) E185.615 .T595 2019 Available 31826003534162

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreward / by Lecrae -- The color of compromise -- Making race in the colonial era -- Understanding liberty in the age of revolution and revival -- Institutionalizing race in the Antebellum era -- Defending slavery at the onset of the Civil War -- Reconstructing white supremacy in the Jim Crow era -- Remembering the complicity in the North -- Compromising with racism during the civil rights movement -- Organizing the religious right at the end of the twentieth century -- Reconsidering racial reconciliation in the age of Black Lives Matter -- The fierce urgency of now -- Conclusion : be strong and courageous.

Churches remain racially segregated and are largely ineffective in addressing complex racial challenges. In The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby takes us back to the root of this injustice in the American church, highlighting the cultural and institutional tables we have to flip in order to bring about progress between black and white people.

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