More than Equals - Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel

Perkins, Spencer/ Rice, Chris

Inter-Varsity Press,US（2021/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 296 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780830848645
• DDC分類 305.800973

Full Description

"The first step in the reconciliation process," Spencer Perkins writes, "is admitting that the race problem exists and that our inability to deal with race has weakened the credibility of our gospel."
When longtime ministry partners and friends Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice began writing More Than Equals in the early 1990s, their goal was to offer an example of how racial reconciliation is possible—and also critical to Christian discipleship. This landmark book tells the stories of two men from very different backgrounds embarking on the complex, costly journey of healing across racial divides.
Perkins, who witnessed repeated hypocrisy from white Christians and witnessed his bloodied pastor-activist father after a brutal police beating, wondered how it was possible to love white people. Rice, who grew up as a white missionary kid and thought of himself as progressive, was surprised by the tensions he encountered as a volunteer at a majority-black church—and by his own blind spots. As they served together in an intentionally multiracial ministry, both gained insight into why this work is so challenging and how Christians can do it well, in dependence on God.
With biblical grounding, hopeful realism, and practical detail, More Than Equals provides a helpful framework for Christians engaged in the deep ongoing surgery of racial healing. Now available as part of the IVP Signature Collection, this edition includes a new preface by Rice and a study guide for group discussion.

Contents

Preface to the Signature Edition (2021)

Acknowledgments

Introduction to the Second Edition (2000)



Part 1: Admit


1. Race Fatigue

2. Foot Soldier

3. At the Crossroads

4. Who Is My Neighbor?

5. White Blinders

6. School Daze

7. Black Residue

8. Silence Gives Consent

9. A Little Respect



Part 2: Submit


10. From Anger & Guilt to Passion & Conviction

11. Weapons for the Battle

12. Acts: A Reconciliation Story



Part 3: Commit


13. The Character of a Reconciler

14. White Fear

15. More Than Skin Deep

16. Soul Mates

17. Unlikely Comrades

18. Kingdom Choices

19. Friends & Yokefellows

20. Playing the Grace Card



Afterword

Notes

Resources

Study Guide