Racism Library
Download the entire Racism issue and the set of six Study Guides. Or, download individual pieces by clicking the titles below.
• Articles
"The Persistent Problem," by Michael O. Emerson
"All the Families of the Earth Shall Be Blest," by Mikeal C. Parsons
"Gregory of Nyssa and the Culture of Oppression," by Kimberly Flint-Hamilton
"Christian Practices for the Journey Toward Shalom," by Victor Hinojosa
"Multiethnic Congregations," by Kathleen Garces-Foley
"Avoiding Racism in Starting New Congregations," by Damian Emetuche
• Art
"What Is to Prevent Me from Being Baptized?" by Heidi J. Hornik, on Rembrandt's The Baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch
"Apostle to the Gentiles," by Heidi J. Hornik, on Caravaggio's The Conversion of St. Paul
"Love that Crosses Ethnic Boundaries," by Heidi J. Hornik, on Marten van Heemskerck's Ruth and Naomi
• Hymn and Worship Service
"O God of Creation, We See All around Us," by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Worship Service, by Stan Wilson
• Inspirational Piece
"Smelling the Fires of Racism," by Joseph C. Parker, Jr.
• Book Reviews
"Race in Evangelical America," by Joy J. Moore
• Edward Gilbreath, Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical's Inside View of White Christianity
• Randy Woodley, Living in Color: Embracing God's Passion for Ethnic Diversity
• Alvin C. Bibbs, Sr., with Marie Guthrie and Kathy Buscaglis, Crazy Enough to Care: Changing Your World through Compassion, Justice and Racial Reconciliation
• Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson, The Heart of Racial Justice: How Soul Change Leads to Social Change
"Let's Get It Together: Multiracial and Interethnic Congregations" by Kersten Bayt Priest
• Michael O. Emerson, Curtiss Paul DeYoung, George Yancey, and Karen Chai Kim, United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race
• Michael O. Emerson, with Rodney M. Woo, People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States
• Kathleen Garces-Foley, Crossing the Ethnic Divide: The Multiethnic Church on a Mission
• Korie Edwards, The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches
• Study Guides and Lesson Plans (Download the set of six Study Guides)
"The Persistent Problem"
"All the Families of the Earth Shall Be Blessed"
"Gregory of Nyssa and the Culture of Oppression"
"Christian Practices for the Journey toward Shalom"
"Let's Get It Together: Multiethnic Congregations"
"Avoiding Racism in Starting New Congregations"
