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Summary: "A rhyming, read-aloud book with warm illustrations conveys a comforting, faith-filled message from a Black father and mother to their children who see visual representations of their faith, but question what it means when they don't see their skin color, their physical features, or their gender portrayed. "What about the angels, will they stop and stare, when they see that I may not have their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ensign Peak 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BONHam, Ken
Summary: "Discussions about "race" are too often confused with political correctness or cultural buzzwords. Using One Blood for Kids, parents can have this difficult conversation with children in a way they can understand."--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Master Books 2018
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Summary: "Critical Race Theory (CRT) is often poorly understood and unfavorably characterized. This accessibly written book offers a critical yet sympathetic introduction to CRT, bringing it into conversation with Christian theology and ministry practice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 230.089 ROMHardwick, Lamar
Summary: "An autistic pastor and disability scholar helps the contemporary church understand the connections between ableism and racism and how to dismantle both in attitudes and practices"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2024
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Summary: While our faith calls us to Christian unity, the hard fact remains: we're still tragically divided when it comes to race, even - and especially, many say -- in our churches. Racism pervades our faith, our relationships, and our institutions in deep, often imperceptible ways. In Healing Racial Divides, Terrell Carter takes us on a revelatory journey of the history of racism to show us how we've...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chalice Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.3 CARTisby, Jemar
Summary: "Racism and social justice are important topics kids are dealing with today. In this adaptation of How to Fight Racism for young readers ages 8-12, Dr. Jemar Tisby helps kids understand how everyday prejudice affects them and what they can do to create social change. Inside, he explains the history of racism in America and why it is so prevalent, as well as uses Christian principles to provide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.8 TISHelsel, Carolyn B.
Summary: "What if I say the wrong thing?" "I'm white -- is race really something I need to talk about? I'm worried I'll be called a racist!" "What does race have to do with faith, anyway?" "Why do we have to keep talking about this?" If talking about racism makes you anxious, afraid, or even angry, you're not alone. In Anxious to Talk about It, pastor and professor Carolyn B. Helsel draws on her success...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chalice Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200.89 HELWaters, Michael W.
Summary: Pastor, award-winning author, and rising civil rights leader Michael W. Waters (Stakes Is High, For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World) ruminates on the sacred places and spaces he visited as part of a cross-country trek in 2019-2020 through America's racial history. From reflections on the river's edge where Emmit Till's body was recovered in the 1950s, to the spot of Malcolm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chalice Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 WATSummary: It tells the incredible true story of Michael 'Mike' Burden, an ardent young member of the South Carolina Ku Klux Klan who rose to the rank of Grand Dragon and walked away from all of it with the help of new love and an unlikely ally, the African American religious leader and social activist Reverend David Kennedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2020
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Summary: While we know the time to talk about racism is long overdue, many white people are still anxious to talk about it. Guilt, shame, discomfort, and the fear of saying the wrong thing are just some of the feelings white people perceive as holding them back from the critical conversations around dismantling racism. In this updated and expanded second edition of Anxious to Talk About It, professor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chalice Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200.89 HELBrennan, Chad
Summary: "Racism presents itself as an undefeatable foe-a sustained scourge on the reputation of the church. Drawing on brand-new research, Chad Brennan and Christina Edmondson remind us that Christ has overcome the world and offer clear analysis and interventionsto challenge and resist racism's pernicious power, equipping readers to move past talk and enter the fight in practical and hopeful ways"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: InterVarsity Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.308 EDMDyson, Michael Eric
Summary: Fifty years ago Malcolm X told a white woman who asked what she could do for the cause, 'Nothing.' Michael Eric Dyson believes he was wrong. Now he responds to that question. If society is to make real racial progress, people must face difficult truths, including being honest about how Black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 DYSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.800973 DYSCharles, Mark
Summary: "You cannot discover lands already inhabited. In this prophetic blend of history, theology, and cultural commentary, Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah reveal the damaging effects of the "Doctrine of Discovery," which institutionalized American triumphalismand white supremacy. This book calls our nation and churches to a truth-telling that will expose past injustices and open the door to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.7 CHAMorrison, LaTasha
Summary: A leading advocate for racial reconciliation offers a clarion call for Christians to move toward relationship and deeper understanding in the midst of a divisive culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 241 MORJones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick)
Summary: Drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a provocative examination of the unholy relationship between American Christianity and white supremacy, and issues an urgent call for white Christians to reckon with this legacy for the sake of themselves and the nation. As the nation grapples with demographic changes and the legacy of racism in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.3 JONAdams, Isaac
Summary: "Talking about Race argues Christians must understand why they avoid honest conversations about race if they want to enjoy authentic racial unity in their churches. Isaac Adams shows that if we can understand the reasons for our reluctance to speak aboutrace we can grow together in love rather than apart in bitterness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan Reflective 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.3 ADAO'Connell, Maureen H.
Summary: "The author goes on a pilgrimage of her family's history in Catholic parishes throughout one of the largest dioceses in the country to excavate the legacy of American Catholic anti-blackness she has inherited and discover spiritual resources for resistingit"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 O'COHill, Daniel
Summary: "White Christians are waking up to the pervasive bias for white culture that shapes every aspect of society. Many are eager to confront white supremacy--but what steps should be taken to make good, lasting change? Pastor Daniel Hill offers White Lies, a practical guide for dismantling white supremacy in a healthy, effective way"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.3 HILButler, Anthea D.
Summary: "The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals play a strikingly unified, powerful role in the disunion. These evangelicals raise a starkly consequential question for electoral politics: Why do they claim morality while supporting politicians who act immorally by most Christian measures? In this clear-eyed, hard-hitting chronicle of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.6 BUTEarley, Justin Whitmel
Summary: "Habits of the Household by award-winning author Justin Whitmel Earley equips you with simple habits for mealtimes, bedtimes, and other daily routines to shape your home in the rhythms of God's love"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "Thought leader, racial justice educator, and sought-after spiritual activist Rachel Ricketts offers mindful and practical steps for all humans to dismantle white supremacy on a personal and collective level. Includes culturally informed, secular spiritual exercises, such as guided meditations, transformative breathwork, and journaling prompts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 RICCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.8009 RICNhất Hạnh
Summary: "In this book that offers relief to anyone moving though intense grief and loss, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares accessible, comforting words of wisdom on how to transform our suffering in the face of death"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parallax Press 2021
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Summary: "Drawing on clinical research, stories from clients, and her own experience, an expert on religious trauma shows how readers can live as healing individuals after leaving a high-demand, high-control religious system"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: "An anonymous caller tells a detective in a small Oregon town that a woman has just bitten off a man's finger. But the man is not the victim, the caller says. The woman is. She's being held against her will by a group of faith-healing fanatics who are trying to cure her depression with violent exorcisms. The detective rescues her, but she is afraid to press charges against the people in her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2013