Racial Justice reading list

The following books are related to Racial Justice from a theological perspective, and will be helpful to ministers and others who want to explore and reflect on matters of racial justice.
 

	Is God Colour Blind? Author: Anthony G. Reddie Published by: SPCK, 2020 ( Republished end of July) Level: Accessible
	The Christian Imagination Author: Willie James Jennings Published by: Yale University Press, 2011 Level: Academic
	Dear White Christians Author: Jennifer Harvey  Published by: Eerdmans, 2014 Level: Accessible-Academic
	Interrupting White Privilege Editors: Laurie M Cassidy and Alex Mikiluch Published by: Orbis, 2007 Level: Academic-Accessible
	You Are Mine Author: Alison Webster  Published by: SPCK, 2009 Level: Accessible
	The Cross and the Lynching Tree Author: James H Cone  Published by: Orbis Orbis, 2013 Level: Academic
	I Said I wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody Author: James H Cone  Published by: Orbis, 2018 Level: Academic-Accessible
	We Need To Talk About Race: Understanding the Black Experience In White Majority Churches Author: Ben Lindsay  Published by: SPCK, 2019 Level: Accessible
	Pharaohs on Both Sides of the Blood Red Waters Author: Allan Boesak  Published by: Cascade, 2017 Level: Academic-Accessible
	Ghost Ship Author: AD France-Williams  Published by: SCM Press, July 2020 Level: Accessible
	Silent Racism Author: Barbara Trepagnier Published by: Routledge, 2010 (2nd edition)
	Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race Author: Reni Eddo-Lodge Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018
	Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World Authors: Layla Saad and Robin DiAngelo Published by: Quercus, January 2020
	United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation As an Answer to the Problem of Race Author: Curtiss Paul DeYoung Published by: Oxford University Press, 2003
	Coming Together in the 21st Century: The Bible's Message in an Age of Diversity Author: Curtiss Paul DeYoung Published by: Judson Press, 2009
Other resources
	COVID 19, Disproportionate BAME Impact and the White Led Church Response Ben Lindsay, CEO of the charity Power the Fight which empowers communities to end youth violence, author of We Need To Talk About Race - Understanding the Black Experience In White Majority Churches and a pastor in London, hosts a discussion and Q&A looking at the challenges, solutions and tangible steps to address the racial inequalities highlighted by COVID-19.  Other contributors include Robert Beckford, Elizabeth Henry, Sharon Prentis, Chris Shannahan and Rob Wickham.
	The racism that killed George Floyd was built in Britain Article in The Guardian by Afua Hirsch (3 June 2020)
	What I said when my white friend asked for my black opinion on white privilege An article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson, Editor-in-Chief of Good Black News which shares 'The Good Things Black People Do, Give and Receive All Over The World'
	The Need For Change Is Overdue: Racism is not just an American problem BBC Newsnight interview with the broadcaster and podcaster George the Poet

 
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