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Can the church help America emerge from its racist shadows empowered to heal racial divides? Church pastor and former police officer Terrell Carter says yes. While our faith inarguably calls Christians to 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, a pastor, professor and former police officer takes us on a revelatory journey into the abyss of the racial divide and shows us how we've arrived at this divisive place. Understanding racism's roots - and our place in it - we surface more committed and empowered to defeat racism once and for all.Drawing from the Bible, scholarly research, and personal experience as a both a former police officer and a black pastor serving white congregations, Carter unpacks the deep roots of racism in America, how it continues to be perpetuated today, and practical strategies for racial reconciliation. Looking forward, he shapes a bold and faithful vision for healing racial division through multicultural communities focused on relationship, listening, and learning from each other.With a pastor's heart and an academic's head, Carter invites us to look at where we've been-and where God calls us as spiritually mature Christians, seeking healing and true unity on earth. In Healing Racial Divides, Terrell Carter helps us: * Understand the roots of racism in the world, the church, and ourselves* Gain a biblical perspective on the sin of racism, as well as the biblical call to Christian unity* Examine how racism continues to be perpetuated in America today* Explore the concept of "white normality" and its aftereffects* Discover a way across the divide through the creation of multi-cultural relationships, churches and communities

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Sociologie, société et politique

Political science of religion

Christianity

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Publié par	Chalice Press
Date de parution	08 janvier 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780827215146
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	5 Mo

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Finding Strength in Our Diversity healing racial divides healing racial divides

CARTER

TERRELL CARTER

“InHealing Racial Divides Dr. Carter touches on the pulse of racialized issues challenging society and our sense of community. Carter uses thorough deﬁnitions and insightful examples of lived experiences to raise undeniable incongruities in perceptions that create border walls among humanity. Whether leader or laity, readers are convicted to ponder,How did we move so far from God’s loving-kindness?Achieving solely that reﬂective outcome is worthwhile, yet Carter astutely moves us to hold up the mirror and ask,What about me?”—Valerie Miles-Tribble, Graduate Theological Union and American Baptist Seminary of the West

“Dr. Terrell Carter is an artist, pastor, educator, and former police ofﬁcer. He combines these experiences with the insights of theology, the social sciences, law, and cultural analysis to address the key issue in America—the racial divide that inhibits our interactions and poisons public discourse. Carter’s very personal engagement with the topic encourages us to ﬁnd strength rather than division in our diversity. His approach is fresh, informative, and a source of healing.” —Ircel Harrison, Central Baptist Theological Seminary and Pinnacle Associates

“As a pastor what I appreciate most is that Dr. Carter masterfully weaves his own painful personal experiences, scholarly research, biblical teaching, and the history of racial division into a book that is accessible and relevant to folks at any level of understanding in the conversation of racial inequality. His book is a great tool for any pastor or congregant seeking to begin or continue more deeply the important work of racial justice and healing.” —Johnny Lewis, Shawnee Community Christian Church, Shawnee, Kansas

“While reading another substantive book by Dr. Carter, I’m resisting the urge to scribble quotes and shove them into the hands of anyone I can ﬁnd.Healing Racial Dividesis a unique contribution to healing racial brokenness due to Dr. Carter’s rich and unique journey combined with keen academic insights. With precision, Dr. Carter strips away the illusion that racism is only historical in this country, yet his personal humility simultaneously disarms reader defensiveness. Ultimately, Dr. Carter calls the Church to live into its identity as a vessel of reconciliation in this divided world. I suspect many readers will mirror my experience, quoting this book most everywhere they can.” —Mark E. Tidsworth, President, Pinnacle Leadership Associates

“Equipped with a pastor’s heart, a scholar’s mind, and a boundless sense of justice, Terrell Carter has provided a work that seeks ﬁrst and foremost to change the very life of a community of faith. This text dares to address oft-ignored disparities and is approachable enough to offer practical ways that congregations can seek to fully embody their calling.” — Tyler Tankersley, First Baptist Church, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

“Healing Racial Dividesis a needed book. For some privileged communities, the racial divide is the third rail. Seek a closer look, get too close, and the community of polarized privilege will create more heat than light. Terrell Carter walks the racial divide with some ease as he seeks the light of understanding. This is a strong voice where the lines are drawn. Carter’s closing chapter, ‘Finding Common Ground,’ shines brightly in the dark with its sense of wisdom and hope.” —Keith Herron, St. Lucas United Church of Christ, St. Louis, author ofLiving a Narrative Life: Essays on the Power of Stories

“Dr. Carter uses a good blend of honest self-disclosure, personal and theological reﬂection, and historical recounting in this helpful book about racism and the road to recovery. He pulls us into our own culpability and points us unerringly in the direction of how to begin the journey to make things right. After reading Carter’s words, I feel compelled to help both of us—along with all of our brothers and sisters—become the best versions of ourselves.” —Robin R. Sandbothe, Englewood Baptist Church, and Director of Seminary Relations, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri

“Dr. Terrell Carter provides a must read for religious leaders who take seriously the call to bring awareness to the active, unequal racial systems of today. Combining both historical and biblical lenses, Carter encourages churches to lead the charge in which all are viewed as an equal child of God. This is a timely written book that should not only stand on a pastor’s desk, but more importantly seep into a pastor’s heart.” —David McDaniel, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Missouri

Finding Strength in Our Diversity

healing racial divides

TERRELL CARTER

chalice press Saint Louis, Missouri

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This book is dedicated to the many people who supported me throughout the process of completing it.

To Brad Lyons and the staff at Chalice Press: Thank you for your patience as I completed the manuscript while juggling all the other things that life threw my way. I greatly appreciated your compassion and support.

To the congregations that have welcomed me and my family and allowed me to learn what it means to be a pastor, hopefully after God’s own heart: Harmony Baptist Church, Broadway Baptist Church, Third Baptist Church, and Webster Groves Baptist Church. I have learned more from you than you have learned from me.

To the Carter clan for continual love and patience.

To Genevieve and Jerry for life more abundantly.

About the Cover

Introduction

1 Roots of Our Racial Division

2 The Normality of Whiteness

3 Aftereffects

4 Finding Common Ground

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Resources

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ABOUT THE COVER

Author Terrell Carter discusses the artwork used on the cover:

The cover image, “Untitled,” comes from a series of abstract images that I have been producing for several years that has culminated in a body of work titled “Good Negroes.” The images, which are nondescript and faceless, can represent any person at any time. The only distinguishing features are the various colors used to form their bodies. The images represent the commonality that we all hold as human beings and, at the same time, the diversity that we all uniquely hold. They also represent my belief that we all originate from a common creator, and although we sometimes use our different physical aspects as ways to separate ourselves, in the end we all come from the One who sees us as the same.

My artistic style is inﬂuenced by artists from the Harlem Renaissance. Although many of those artists were classically trained in painting and drawing, they produced work that looked primitive and reﬂected their African heritage through angular colorful images. My hope, as was theirs, is to break long-held negative beliefs about African American culture and show that, although it may differ in many ways from white culture, it still holds multiple similarities.

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“Racism is particularly alive and well in America. It is America’s original sin and it is institutionalized at all 1 levels of society.”

Do we need another book about race? Another book about how divided our nation is? Can we not talk about something else, likehow to get along?Some would say that racism no longer exists because our nation ﬁnally elected its ﬁrst African American president. Yet, in one of the more shocking developments during Obama’s tenure as president, polls showed that 55 percent of adults believe that race relations within our nation, especially those between blacks and whites, worsened during his eight years in ofﬁce. Some might say that one of the biggest legacies left behind by the Obama administration is widespread racial division. When asked how serious a problem people thought racial discrimination against blacks was in the U.S., three out of four blacks said it was a problem, while two out of three whites 2 said it wasnota problem. When asked if people thought that the country’s criminal justice system treats whites and blacks equally, most white respondents said it did, but most black respondents said it did not. When asked about their feelings toward the Black Lives Matter movement and whether it was a good thing, 78 percent of African Americans thought the movement was a good thing that held a legitimate purpose, while 62 percent of whites said that it wasnota good thing and didnothave a legitimate purpose. This division was quantiﬁed even more clearly by the general presidential election of 2016. For example, 88 percent 1