Title The color of compromise : the truth about the American church's complicity in racism / Jemar Tisby.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, [2019]

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Description	253 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-243) and index.
Contents	Forward / by Lecrae -- The color of compromise -- Making race in the colonial era -- Understanding liberty in the age of revolution and revival -- Institutionalizing race in the Antebellum era -- Defending slavery at the onset of the Civil War -- Reconstructing white supremacy in the Jim Crow era -- Remembering the complicity in the North -- Compromising with racism during the civil rights movement -- Organizing the religious right at the end of the twentieth century -- Reconsidering racial reconciliation in the age of Black Lives Matter -- The fierce urgency of now -- Conclusion : be strong and courageous.
Summary	Churches remain racially segregated and are largely ineffective in addressing complex racial challenges. In The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby takes us back to the root of this injustice in the American church, highlighting the cultural and institutional tables we have to flip in order to bring about progress between black and white people.
Subject	United States -- Race relations.
	United States -- Church history.
	African Americans -- Religion.
	Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
	RELIGION / Christian Living / Social Issues.
	RELIGION / Christian Church / History.
	RELIGION / Christianity / History.
	Christian life. (OCoLC)fst00859185
	Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
	Racism -- Religious aspects. (OCoLC)fst01086632
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Online version: Tisby, Jemar, author. Color of compromise Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, [2019] 9780310597278 (DLC) 2019003091
ISBN	9780310597261 (hardcover)
	0310597269 (hardcover)
	9780310597315 (paperback)
	0310597315 (paperback)

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