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Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm: The American Methodist Church and the Strugg
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- Elford, John
- ISBN
- 9781666767544
- Book Title
- Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm : The American Methodist Church and the Struggle with White Supremacy
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Wipf & Stock Publishers
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Genre
- Religion, Social Science
- Topic
- Christianity / Methodist, Discrimination & Race Relations, Christian Life / Social Issues
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 9.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 186 Pages
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Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm summons the reader on a most unusual journey through Methodist history. Along the way, we discover how the White American Methodist Church became deeply entangled with White supremacy. From the founding of the church in the late eighteenth century to the present, we have too often been silent bystanders or active accomplices in the enormous harm caused by racism. It's a complicated and shameful story few Methodists know. And yet, if we want to transform the world toward a different and better future for all, one free of the stranglehold of racism, we must come to terms with the story of our past--the whole story! Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm is a trustworthy guide into the church's troubled history. It's also a present-day call to action that finds inspiration in those Methodists who stood against the tide and those guiding the church today toward the horizon of racial justice.
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Wipf & Stock Publishers
ISBN-10
1666767549
ISBN-13
9781666767544
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Book Title
Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm : The American Methodist Church and the Struggle with White Supremacy
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Christianity / Methodist, Discrimination & Race Relations, Christian Life / Social Issues
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Religion, Social Science
Number of Pages
186 Pages
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Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz
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"Like a surgeon plying the scalpel, John Elford lays bare where and how our nation's original sin of racism infected American Methodism. At this critical juncture in our denomination, we have the opportunity to reconstruct a church more faithful to Wesley's original vision. But that starts by confronting our past, else we're doomed to keep repeating it. A must-read for all of us who yearn to deconstruct our own racism." --John A. Wright, retired United Methodist district superintendent "As mainline churches struggle to remain relevant in American culture, this book takes a needed look into the racial history of Methodist churches, asking why white Methodists did not work for racial justice with the same enthusiasm that their founder John Wesley had for spiritual truth. A must-read for anyone working to reclaim the prophetic voice of radical Christianity." --Chad E. Seales, associate professor of religious studies, University of Texas at Austin "John Elford provides us with a contemporary critical history of (United) Methodism's complicity with racism and its problematic upholding of white supremacy. His overall message is quite needed in our current moment of discerning our future as United Methodists. Will we finally take a page from the history books and dismantle the systemic racism that continues to seep into and through our structure? This book is a necessary addition to the conversation of how United Methodism should reshape itself." --Ashley Boggan Dreff, general secretary, General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church "John Elford's new book is more than a historical account of racial injustice; it constitutes an act of confession that we Methodists must make. This well-researched and exquisitely written book can be helpfully read as liturgy: much as supplicants prayerfully trace the stations of the cross and the indignities Christ suffered on the way to his redemption, so are we invited to relive the ignominies of black folks on the way (still) to racial justice. Only from clear-eyed confession and repentance may Methodists find a way forward in Christian hope." --David F. White, professor of Christian education and Methodist studies, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
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