Rediscipling the White Church (eBook)

From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity

David W. Swanson (Autor)

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2020 | 1. Auflage
208 Seiten
IVP (Verlag)
978-0-8308-4823-2 (ISBN)

Infos

'Many white Christians across America are waking up to the fact that something is seriously wrong-but often this is where we get stuck.' Confronted by the deep-rooted racial injustice in our society, many white Christians instinctively scramble to add diversity to their churches and ministries. But is diversity really the answer to the widespread racial dysfunction we see in the church? In this simple but powerful book, Pastor David Swanson contends that discipleship, not diversity, lies at the heart of our white churches' racial brokenness. Before white churches can pursue diversity, he argues, we must first take steps to address the faulty discipleship that has led to our segregation in the first place. Drawing on the work of philosopher James K. A. Smith and others, Swanson proposes that we rethink our churches' habits, or liturgies, and imagine together holistic, communal discipleship practices that can reform us as members of Christ's diverse body.

David W. Swanson is the pastor of New Community Covenant Church, a multicultural congregation in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. He helps lead New Community Outreach, a nonprofit that collaborates with the community to reduce sources of trauma, and he speaks around the country on the topics of racial justice and reconciliation. He is the author of Rediscipling the White Church, and he has written articles for Christianity Today, the Englewood Review of Books, and the Covenant Companion. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two sons.

Autor

David W. Swanson is the pastor of New Community Covenant Church, a multicultural congregation in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. He helps lead New Community Outreach, a nonprofit that collaborates with the community to reduce sources of trauma, and speaks around the country on the topics of racial justice and reconciliation. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two sons.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.5.2020
• Vorwort: Brenda Salter McNeil
• Verlagsort: Westmont
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Church discipleship • church ministry • church ministry resource • Discipleship • discipleship resource • Diversity • multiethnic church • Multiethnicity • racial brokenness • racial reconciliation • Racism • Racism in the church • Reconciliation • white church • whiteness
• ISBN-10: 0-8308-4823-1 / 0830848231
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-4823-2 / 9780830848232