The Heart Of Racial Justice: How Soul Change Leads To Social Change

by McNeil, Brenda Salter

• ISBN13: 9780830832699
• ISBN10: 0830832696
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-01
• Publisher: Intervarsity Pr

Summary

Racial and ethnic hostility is one of the most pervasive problems the church faces. It hinders our effectiveness as one body of believers. It damages our ability to witness to and serve seekers.Why won't this problem just go away?Because it is a spiritual battle.What should our response be in a world torn apart by prejudice, hatred and fear?We must employ spiritual weapons--prayer, repentance, forgiveness.In this book Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson reveal a new model of racial reconciliation, social justice and spiritual healing that creates both individual and community transformation. Read this book if you want to learn how touse your faith as a force for change, not as a smoke-screen for self-protectionembrace your true self and renounce false racial identitiesreceive and extend forgiveness as an act of racial reconciliationexperience personal transformation through the healing of painful racial memoriesengage in social action by developing ongoing cross-cultural partnershipsAre you ready to find out how soul change leads to social change?

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(4)
Acknowledgments	13	(2)
Introduction	15	(138)
1 Is There Still a Race Problem?	17	(7)
2 Mission Impossible?	24	(8)
3 A Better Way	32	(12)
4 A New Model	44	(15)
5 How Worship Builds Bridges	59	(14)
6 Embracing Our True Selves	73	(22)
7 Receiving and Extending Forgiveness	95	(16)
8 Denouncing the Powers and Principalities	111	(22)
9 Ongoing Partnerships	133	(20)
10 The Trumpet Call	153	(7)
Appendix 1: Definitions	160	(6)
Appendix 2: Reconciliation Generation Bible Studies	166	(6)
Appendix 3: The Principalities and Powers	172	(7)
Notes	179	(4)
Bibliography	183	(3)
Recommended Resources	186	(2)
About the Authors	188