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4 Little Girls (1997)
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40 Ways to Raise a Nonracist Child by Mathias and French
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500 Nations (1995)
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A Beginner’s Guide to Crossing Cultures by Patty Lane
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Description of this book from the publisher’s website:
The global village has arrived.
Recent census figures show that communities in the United States are more culturally and ethnically diverse than ever before. And you may be…
A Biblical Theology of the City by Tim Keller
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A Credible Witness: Reflections on Power, Evangelism and Race by Brenda Salter Mcneil
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Evangelist and teacher Brenda Salter McNeil thinks evangelism that only introduces people to Jesus is incomplete. The picture is much larger than that, she claims: Christ’s death and…
A Guide to African-Americans and Religion
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http://www.religionlink.org/tip_070108.php
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A Guide to Hispanics and Religion in the U.S.
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http://www.religionlink.org/tip_061204.php
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A More Excellent Way by Brenda Salter McNeil
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http://www.cbeinternational.org/new/E-Journal/2005/05Summer/05Summcneil.html
An update on Dr. McNeil’s biographical information at the end of this article…
This article was published in 2005 while she was serving on staff with InterVarsity. She is currently serving as President and…
A Mosaic of Believers by Gerardo Marti
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An in-depth look at a multiethnic congregation’s response to social change.
"… Engagingly and accessibly written, this excellent book deserves wide readership among everyone interested in US religion,…
A Multiethnic Model of the Church by Russell Rosser
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http://www.directionjournal.org/article/?988
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A New Kind of Urban Christian by Tim Keller
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http://www.christianvisionproject.com/2006/06/a_new_kind_of_urban_christian.html
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A Tale of Three Churches by Gary Teja
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http://www.thebanner.org/magazine/article.cfm?article_id=122
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"When it comes to racial and ethnic diversity in the Christian Reformed Church, these are the best of times—and the worst of times. Churches either succeed…
A Theology as Big as the City by Raymond J. Bakke
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“As we look at the world-class cities around our planet, we face five new urban realities: a crack cocaine epidemic, assault weapons, massive numbers of homeless children, HIV/AIDS…
A Time to Kill (1996)
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African American Lives 1 & 2
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An unprecedented series, AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES uncovers a new level personal discovery. Using genealogy, oral history, family stories, and DNA analysis to trace lineages through American history and back…
African Americans in World Missions
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Agents of Transformation by Sherwood Lingenfelter
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Description of this book from the publisher’s website:
A social system relates individual to group and sets up bias against the gospel. Anthropologist Lingenfelter helps cross-cultural ministers understand and transform culture, instead of Westernizing it.
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Amazing Grace (2007)
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America Beyond the Color Line
America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. DVD
The evolution of African American society has split into two distinct communities, according to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. the privileged and the disenfranchised. Viewed through the lens of four…
America in Black and White by Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom
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In a book destined to become a classic, Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom present important new information about the positive changes that have been achieved and the measurable improvement…
American Experience: Partners of the Heart
American Experience: Partners of the Heart DVD
Witness the achievements of two men who came together in an unlikely time and place to leave the world a life-saving legacy. In 1930s Nashville, white surgeon Dr. Alfred Blalock and black carpenter’s…
American Experience: Roberto Clemente
American Experience: Roberto Clemente DVD
Baseball great Roberto Clemente’s talent and inimitable style drew legions of fans, but as this AMERICAN EXPERIENCE production reveals, he was more than an exceptional baseball player. He was also a committed humanitarian who challenged…
American History X (1998)
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Amistad (1997)
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An Incomplete Reconciliation
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But it is not just the straightforward testimony to life with Christ that stirred me. Ironically, in the week since first reading Home to Holly Springs, I have found that it is Karon’s limited reckoning…
Bearing the Cross by David Garrow
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Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther…
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience DVD 3PK
What does it mean to become an American? A powerful Bill Moyers special explores the dramatic experience of the Chinese in America. Harsh conditions at home drove many into the California Gold Rush,…
Being Latino in Christ by Orlando Crespo
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Life as a Latino in America is complicated. Living between the two worlds of being Latino and American can generate great uncertainty. And the strange mixture of ethnic…
Being White by Harris and Schaupp
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What does it mean to be white?
When you encounter people from other races or ethnicities, you may become suddenly aware that being white means something. Those from…
Bend It Like Beckham (2003)
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Beyond Black and White by George Yancey
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Beyond Racial Gridlock by George Yancey
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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.…
Beyond Rhetoric by Hines and Deyoung
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The late Samuel Hines, who was African American, and Curtiss DeYoung, who is Caucasian, provide an inspiring, practical theology of reconciliation that will enable readers to take concrete…
Beyond the Comfort Zone by Jin S. Kim
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Beyond the Comfort Zone by Rob Corcoran
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Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
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Black Man’s Religion By Usry and Keener
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Some say Christianity is white man’s religion. . . .
And it is true that there is a long and ugly history of abuse of African-Americans at the…
Black. White. TV Series
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Blessed Are the Courageous
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/aprilweb-only/114-12.0.html
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CT received a great deal of criticism for this article. Read their response in Blessed is the Law–Up to a Point article.
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Blessed is the Law—Up to a Point
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/aprilweb-only/114-53.0.html
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This article is CT’s response to the criticism they received due to the Blessed Are the Courageous article.
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“Since nearly every critic expressed this exact sentiment, we thought some…
Breaking Down Barriers: A Black Evangelical Explains the Black Church by Dwight Perry
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Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church by Mark DeYmaz
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Through personal stories, proven experience and a thorough analysis of the biblical text, Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church illustrates both the biblical mandate for the multi-ethnic church as…
Carry Me Home by Diane McWhorter
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"The Year of Birmingham," 1963, was a cataclysmic turning point in America’s long civil rights struggle. That spring, child demonstrators faced down police dogs and fire hoses in huge nonviolent…
Check All That Apply By Sundee Tucker Frazier
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Where do you fit?
Who is your community?
Who really understands you?
Being multiracial is often confusing, frustrating and lonely. Perhaps you feel as Sundee Tucker Frazier sometimes…
Choosing Multi-Ethnic Over Mega by Brandon O’Brien
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http://blog.christianitytoday.com/outofur/archives/2008/04/choosing_multie.html
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Citizen King (2004)
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Color Outside the Lines
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Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally by David Hesselgrave
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As an unparalleled introduction to missionary communication, this thoroughly indexed book examines world views, cognitive processes, linguistic forms, behavioral patterns, social structures, communication media, and motivational sources.
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Confessions and Traps
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http://www.urbanministry.org/confessions-and-traps
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Consuming Jesus by Paul Louis Metzger
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Many Americans think that race problems are a thing of the past because we no longer live under the Jim Crow laws that once sustained overt structures of…
consumingjesus.org
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Cora Unashamed (2000)
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Courageous Conversations About Race by Singleton and Linton
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Crash (2005)
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Creating Understanding by Donald Smith
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Creating Understanding, a foundational book on which the enterprise of Christian ministry can be built, is a basic text and handbook for training and refining the skills of…
Cross-Cultural Conflict By Duane Elmer
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Whether at home or abroad, communicating with people of other cultures is difficult. It requires new ways of thinking and interpreting the world. When conflict arises, as it…
Cry, The Beloved Country (1995)
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Cultural Intelligence by David Livermore
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As twenty-first-century society grows increasingly complex, pluralistic, and multicultural, it behooves Christians to communicate effectively between and among diverse populations. Research indicates that missions often fail because of…
Diverse Living Shapes My Racial Beliefs
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http://consumingjesus.org/2008/06/05/diverse-living-shapes-my-racial-beliefs/
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Diverse Worship By Pedrito Maynard-Reid
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Let the nations sing.
What are the universal constants of Christian worship? What are the unique elements that arise out of diverse local contexts? How do we appropriately…
Do the Right Thing (1989)
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Dynamic Diversity by Bruce Milne
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From the footpaths of our cities to the chatrooms of the Internet, people are connecting today as never before. As the planet shrinks through the multiple forces of…
El Norte (1984)
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Ellis Island: The Immigrant Experience
Ellis Island: The Immigrant Experience DVD
Mandy Patinkin hosts this documentary tribute to the Isle of Hope which welcomed millions of America’s immigrants for half a century. For most, Ellis Island was once America’s Golden Door. Interviews from the Ellis…
Embracing Diversity: Leadership in Multicultural Congregations By Charles R. Foster
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Explore a variety of approaches congregations have taken to embrace differences; identify leadership issues diversity creates in congregations; and discover programmatic suggestions drawn from the experience of multicultural…
Enlarging your worship culture
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“There is a pressing need for a new way for diverse people to come together in worship. North America is becoming increasingly multicultural. Universities and colleges are unique shelters of hundreds for people groups. If…
Ethnic Blends? by Mark DeYmaz
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/2008/002/11.49.html
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ethnicimpact.net
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Exclusion and Embrace by Miroslav Volf
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Exit Interviews: Why blacks are leaving evangelical ministries by Edward Gilbreath
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/february/4.104.html
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Faiths in Conflict by Vinoth Ramachandra
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Crosscultural communication and interconnection have never been greater in the history of the world. Yet the potential for intercultural conflict accompanies every advance. And religious belief, which lies…
Finding Oprah’s Roots
Finding Oprah’s Roots: Finding Your Own DVD
Finding Oprah’s Roots, a companion to the book by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., features Oprah, showing by her example, that it is possible to build an African American family tree. Excerpts from the…
Five Steps Toward Christian Intercultural Teaching by Jim Sutherland
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http://www.rmni.org/1/missions/5-steps-for-intercultural-teaching.html
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Free at Last? by Carl Ellis
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It has been more than thirty years since Martin Luther King Jr. shouted those words to a crowd gathered in Washington, D.C. His speech, "I Have a Dream,"…
Free of Charge by Miroslav Volf
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An exploration of how we can be transformed by the God who gives abundantly and who forgives unconditionally.
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We are at our human best when we give…
Free To Be Bound by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove was a product of the new South: color-blind and culturally sensitive. Yet despite his progressive worldview, he was unaware of the invisible borders separating neighborhood churches.…
Freedom Writers (2007)
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From Every People and Nation by Hays and Carson
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"After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language . . ." (Revelation…
From Galatia to Baltimore by Robert Lynn
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Geronimo
American Experience: Geronimo and the Apache Resistance DVD
For years, Apache tribes had resisted the advance of the pioneers and their threat to the traditional ways of life. But Geronimo fought the longest, becoming one of the most famous, feared…
Getting Real About Reconciliation by Todd Minturn
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Glory (1989)
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Glory Road (2006)
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God’s Global Mosaic by Paul-Gordon Chandler
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God’s people around the world form a mosaic. Each piece of the picture is different but contributes to a beautiful portrait of who God is and what he…
God’s Neighborhood By Scott Roley
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"Jesus relocated, and calls us to follow . . . his creation became his neighborhood."
Scott Roley was once an up-and-coming singer/songwriter in the contemporary Christian music scene,…
Going to Bat for His Neighbors
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"On an evening walk in August 1990, Muzikowski met an African-American man named Al Carter, who was conducting batting practice with some kids. Carter, a product of the neighborhood, carried with him its history and…
Gracism: The Art of Inclusion by David Anderson
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Best Cover Winner, 2007 ECPA Christian Book Awards (Midlevel Publisher)
“The parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor.” 1 Corinthians 12:23
When people…
Harder than Anyone Can Imagine
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"Hybels: Willow Creek started in the era when, as the book noted, the church-growth people were saying, "Don’t dissipate any of your energies fighting race issues.…
Higher Learning (1995)
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History of Black Achievement in America
History of Black Achievement in America DVD 4PK
Presented by James Avery, the series highlights the contributions of Blacks that have influenced our culture, enriched society with their achievements, and shaped the history of the U.S. American blacks have built…
Hope Deferred by Stephen Carter
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/july/19.64.html
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Hotel Rwanda (2005)
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Hues in the Pews by John Dart
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" The Congregations Project, based at Rice, is believed to be the first large study focused on racial and ethnic diversity within Christian houses of worship.…
I’ve Been Thinking
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http://www.urbanministry.org/ive-been-thinking
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Inclusion: Making Room for Grace by Eric Law
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"Inclusion is an excellent resource for church leaders and ministers seeking better understanding and processes to respond to the diversity of people they serve. Eric Law helps us…
Interview with Charles Marsh
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/februaryweb-only/32.0c.html
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Interview with Chris Rice
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/novemberweb-only/11-11-23.0.html
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Interview with InterVarsity’s Director of Multiethnic Ministries
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"We want to join hands with students and faculty and create an environment where people from every ethnic group can come and experience the love of God and meet people who are followers of Jesus.…
Interview with John Perkins
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http://www.theotherjournal.com/article.php?id=65
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Interview with Patty Lane
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Introduction to Cross Cultural Ministry by Jim Sutherland
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Is This A Wakeup Call to the Church?
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It’s About Moral, Not Market, Values
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As the only African-American female faculty member on the campus, clearly I represented what the college meant by “diversity.” But when I asked questions designed to prompt thinking about the relationship between the college’s history…
Just Don’t Marry One by George and Sherelyn Yancey
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Interracial Christian couples challenge their families and churches to rethink previously held concepts about race relations in America. While God has joined together an increasing number of interracial…
King (2008)
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War DVD
A rare and candid TV interview with Martin Luther King, Jr.-unseen in 40 years-is the centerpiece of his timely tribute, featuring exclusive interviews with such notables as Jesse Jackson and…
Leading Cross-Culturally by Sherwood Lingenfelter
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As the US becomes more culturally diverse, cross-cultural ministry is no longer solely a concern for missionaries but also for nearly all pastors and church leaders. Of particular…
Letters Across the Divide by Anderson and Zuercher
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From the back cover:
-Why is everything a racial issue with blacks?
-Why do so many whites refuse to believe that racism is a problem in America?
-Should all whites apologize for the wrongs committed against…
Liberty University’s Center for Multicultural Enrichment
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Living in Color by Randy Woodley
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"We would never give Picasso a paintbrush and only one color of paint, and expect a masterpiece," writes Randy Woodley. "We would not give Beethoven a single piano…
Making Room at the Table: An Invitation to Multicultural Worship by Blount and Tisdale
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Malcolm X (1992)
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