George Yancey

Beyond Racial Gridlock (eBook, ePUB)

Embracing Mutual Responsibility

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Christians have struggled with racial issues for centuries, and often inadvertently contribute to the problem. Many proposed solutions have been helpful, but these only take us so far. Adding to this complex situation is the reality that Christians of different races see the issues differently.Sociologist George Yancey surveys a range of approaches to racial healing that Christians have used and offers a new model for moving forward. The first part of the book analyzes four secular models regarding race used by Christians (colorblindness, Anglo-conformity, multiculturalism and white responsibility) and shows how each has its own advantages and limitations. Part two offers a new "mutual responsibility" model, which acknowledges that both majority and minority cultures have their own challenges, tendencies, and sins to repent of, and that people of different races approach racial reconciliation and justice in differing but complementary ways.Yancey's vision offers hope that people of all races can walk together on a shared path--not as adversaries, but as partners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: IVP
• Seitenzahl: 197
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780830874552
• Artikelnr.: 55336257

Autorenporträt

George Yancey (Ph.D., University of Texas) is associate professor of sociology at the University of North Texas, specializing in race/ethnicity and biracial families. He is the coauthor of United by Faith, coeditor of Just Don't Marry One, and the author of Beyond Black and White and One Body, One Spirit. He is the founder of Reconciliation Consulting, helping churches and ministries develop and sustain a multiracial emphasis.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1: Four Secular Models of Dealing with Racism
1. Two Views of Racism
2. Colorblindness
3. Anglo-Conformity
4. Multiculturalism
5. White Responsibility
Part 2: Finding a Christian Approach to Dealing with Racism: The Mutual Responsibility Model
6. Toward Constructing a Christian Solution to the Problem of Racism
7. Sin Nature and European Americans
8. Sin Nature and Racial Minorities
9. Jesus: The Ultimate Reconciler
10. The Fear Factor
11. What Would a Christian Solution Look Like?
Notes
References