Elgin Bailey
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Reconstructing the Gospel
- Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion
- De: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 5 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 136
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove grew up in the Bible Belt in the American South as a faithful church-going Christian. But he gradually came to realize that the gospel his Christianity proclaimed was not good news for everybody. The same Christianity that sang, "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound" also perpetuated racial injustice and white supremacy in the name of Jesus. His Christianity, he discovered, was the religion of the slaveholder. Just as Reconstruction after the Civil War worked to repair a desperately broken society, compromised Christianity requires a spiritual reconstruction.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing.
- De Elgin Bailey en 04-01-18
- Reconstructing the Gospel
- Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion
- De: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
Disappointing.
Revisado: 04-01-18
I was expecting more unpacking of why Institutional/Westernized Christianity is "Slave holders Religion", and I didn't find that here.
What I found was a ringing endorsement for the ideology of "love overcomes hate". That if Whites and African Descendants got to know each other, and share time together white supremacy will be defeated. To be fair, the author did share how he and others are challenging white supremacy in other ways. Yet, what I have found is whites tend to challenge the system yet neglect to challenge the people who are in control of the system, which is other whites.
Overall I would recommend this book, if you are someone beginning to see the evil of white supremacy, yet if you are someone looking for more depth and understanding on how things were put in place, look elsewhere.
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