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Author: Kyle Alexander
Publisher: Habakkuk Transcriptions Company
Published: 2012-12-28
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 1478331232
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn old African American grandmother tries to instill spiritual values in her willful naïve granddaughter before she dies, but Sugar would need more than old wives’ tales for her Gen-X, dirty-south world, she would need faith of her own.
Author: Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2021-03-30
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 1467461210
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“How curiously different is this white God from the one preached by Jesus who understood faithfulness by how we treat the hungry and thirsty, the naked and alien, the incarcerated and infirm. This white God of empire may be appropriate for global conquerors who benefit from all that has been stolen and through the labor of all those defined as inferior; but such a deity can never be the God of the conquered.” Echoing James Cone’s 1970 assertion that white Christianity is a satanic heresy, Miguel De La Torre argues that whiteness has desecrated the message of Jesus. In a scathing indictment, he describes how white American Christians have aligned themselves with the oppressors who subjugate the “least of these”—those who have been systemically marginalized because of their race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status—and, in overwhelming numbers, elected and supported an antichrist as president who has brought the bigotry ingrained in American society out into the open. With this follow-up to his earlier Burying White Privilege, De La Torre prophetically outlines how we need to decolonize Christianity and reclaim its revolutionary, badass message. Timid white liberalism is not the answer for De La Torre—only another form of complicity. Working from the parable of the sheep and the goats in the Gospel of Matthew, he calls for unapologetic solidarity with the sheep and an unequivocal rejection of the false, idolatrous Christianity of whiteness.
Author: Lisa Lee Curtis
Publisher: Uppertown Press
Published: 2023-05-02
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcluded from so many stories that highlight barely adequate men throughout history are the women who were accomplishing amazing things with little to none of the credit. The women that we’ve discounted as merely a “pretty face.” Or who were painted as a villain in a story when it’s likely that wasn’t even remotely the case. Or the women we’ve disregarded altogether. These badass bitches deserve to have their stories told - their real stories, not just the gratuitous headlines or justifications for their omission. And we deserve the opportunity to get to know them better.
Author: Nicholas Griffin Lombardi
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2022-12-15
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 1665578041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book begins chronicling the character of Christian. It starts with a look into His privileged upbringing in middle class America. It describes Christian’s faith as being extremely real and visceral. Christian moves to Boston and one day prays this prayer: “God I want you to unify all Christians into one movement and I want to lead it.” God answers His prayer and shows Christian a passage of scripture that said, “If you obey my commands like David did, I will be with you like I was with David, will build you a house like I built him and will give Israel to you.” On this same day Christian was anointed with oil, confirming God’s call. He meets a girl and through her enjoys a first member of the movement. He loses His job and began to encounter a yearning to be homeless. He was without a job and the white boy from the suburbs in Him wanted to experience a homeless stint to grow as a person. He experiences the rough and tumble part of shelter life but one day met a man named Clarence. Clarence was a gentle soul but had a secret— he had a demon that manifested in him. Christian treasured the experiences with the demons because of how they strengthened His faith. Soon Christian writes His family asking if they would put Him up for a few months in Atlanta, they agreed. In Atlanta He has a terrifying experience with who He thought was God at the time but was actually the Devil. The experience landed Him into the hands of a psych ward. He wrestles with Himself and the doctors trying to tell them how fine He was but the doctors failed to understand the different spiritual realities that were present in Christian’s case; so He trudged along, enduring the 21st century psychiatric world. Christian by this time knew that He not only would have a church movement but that He would be the temporal King of Israel. He would begin as prime minister then convert the country into a monarchy like the ancient kings in Israel’s past. Christian meets another girl and is told that He will have multiple wives. The book ends after describing how Christian would be the leader of a conglomerate before becoming King. The book ends all of a sudden and that’s the magic of it.
Author: Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2022-02-15
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1479810282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines how the dynamics emerging from the pandemic affect our most vulnerable populations and shape a new religious landscape The COVID-19 pandemic upset virtually every facet of society and, in many cases, exposed gross inequality and dysfunction. The particular dynamics emerging from the coronavirus pandemic have been felt most intensely by America’s most vulnerable populations, who are disproportionately people of color and the working poor, the people whom the Bible refers to as “the least of these.” This book makes the case that the pandemic was not just a medical phenomenon, or an economic or social one, but also a religious one. Religious practice has been altered in profound ways. Controversies around religious freedom have been re-ignited over debates concerning whether government can restrict church services. Christian white supremacists not only defied shelter in place orders, but found new ways to propagate racist attacks, with their White Christian identity fueling their reactions to the pandemic. Some religious leaders, including those in communities of color, saw the virus as an indicator of God’s wrath, or as a divine test, and viewed altering their traditional practices to mitigate the virus’s spread as a weakening of faith. Religion, Race, and COVID-19 argues that there is a religious hierarchy in US society that puts “the least of these” last while prioritizing those who benefit most from white privilege. Yet these vulnerable populations draw on theological and religious resources to contend with these existential threats. The volume shows how social transformation occurs when faith is both formed and informed during crises, offering compelling insight into the saliency and lasting impact of religiosity within human culture.
Author: Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2023-01-31
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 1467464902
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMiguel De La Torre foresees a future America dominated by white nationalists—and equips us with the tools to resist it. In Burying White Privilege, he opened our eyes to white Christians’ complicity in maintaining racist hierarchy in America. In its sequel, Decolonizing Christianity, he encouraged us to decolonize Christianity and return it to its revolutionary roots. Now, in his conclusion to the trilogy, Miguel A. De La Torre shows us the America on our horizon, should we continue down the path of heretical white Christianity—and the outlook is not bright. Resisting Apartheid America assesses the past and present threads of systemic racism in American politics, from Plymouth Rock to the Capitol on January 6. Sweeping and unsparing in his critique, De La Torre takes on authors revered in Christian theology, including Paul, Augustine, and heroes of the Reformation, aiming to uproot the ideological foundations of racism in Christianity. Following these through lines of oppression, he warns of a decline in democracy and rise in political violence—but equips us with the nonviolent ethical framework to resist this bleak future. Resisting Apartheid America is a clarion call to Christians to remake America in the image of the God of liberation.
Author: Ava Mason
Publisher: Beast Press, LTD
Published: 2018-04-03
Total Pages: 206
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA dragon’s heart. A queen’s quest. A Paranormal Romance. Elizabeth yearns to retake her home and regain her pack, but the Queen of Aerwyna has one more task for her. To complete it, she needs to unify her team, but can she? Her possessive dragons are pressing her to make a choice. Avery wants out but won’t say why. On a mission for the Queen, the team comes face to face with the threat to Elizabeth’s life. Forced into hiding, Elizabeth tries desperately to hold her team together. Can she survive long enough to complete her mission for the Queen? Can she mend Avery’s broken heart? Or will the dragons force her to make the decision she can’t bear to make?
Author: Jimmy R. Watson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2015-01-12
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 1498200486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis may be the most honest book ever written about Jesus. As a veteran pastor in the United Church of Christ, Dr. Watson shares his thoughts on the timeless topic of Christology--the doctrine of Christ--with new and creative insights, informative and accessible theology, personal anecdotes, and lively wit. Nothing is off-limits in this no-holds-barred contribution to the Jesus genre. Big Jesus is not another theological "spin" on the identity and nature of Jesus of Nazareth, nor is it a sentimental fairytale for those who prefer their Christology to be served up on Sunday mornings with fluffy sheep, little children, and footprints in the sand. This book is for Christian adults with a sense of humor.
Author: Mitri Raheb
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2023-03-29
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 1666711837
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn recent decades there has been a seismic shift in world Christianity. Whereas formerly Christianity existed as a Caucasian Euro-American phenomenon, the majority of Christians today reside in the Southern Hemisphere, or the Global South. And what is true for the demographics of Christianity has followed lockstep for its theological developments. The era of German theologians setting the tone for global church are gone. Today, some of the loudest and most creative voices in theology speak from the emerging contingencies of the Global South, for example, promoting Latinx, Black, Caribbean, and Asian theologies and their influence often influences the conversation in the United States and Europe. In addition, just as the center of Christianity has moved geographically from north to south, so with theological seminaries in the west, which have declined as training centers for clergy. These events coincide with new theological centers are opening in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America. The bottom line is—contemporary Christianity today looks significantly different than it did a century ago, and publications have been slow to acknowledge, let alone describe and elaborate upon, this major shift to the largest religion in the world. These shifts guide our intentions in this book. Such a reference book, which could also be used as a textbook, therefore is very much needed. In fact, there is nothing like the contents of this single-volume book in the publishing market which allows for high-quality, interdisciplinary, and international dialogue.
Author: David Burford
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2011-02-17
Total Pages: 173
ISBN-13: 1450297579
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Reginald J. Smythe discovered an old, handwritten journal at the bottom of a steamer trunk purchased at an estate sale in Atlanta, Georgia, he knew there was a story to be told. In his hand, he held the personal thoughts of Willfred Medford McCallister III, a notorious serial killer. Smythe researched McCallisters life and journeyed into his heart, mind, and soulfrom his humble beginnings to his bitter end. According to McCallister, he led a fairly normal and most unremarkable life. Born in 1929 in Brufford, Texas, he was the only child of Willfred and Shirley. He grew up, served in the military, worked at various jobs, paid his taxes, and bowled with his buddies. But all that changed one dark night in November of 1984 when he ran into Albert DeMoss. Then McCallisters descent into the dark of humanity began. Smythe narrates a heart-wrenching tale of violence and cruelty, a story of one mans journey to becoming a serial killera man who murdered more than forty people.
