Welcoming Justice: God's Movement Toward Beloved Community
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
We have seen progress in recent decades toward Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of beloved community. But this is not only because of the activism and sacrifice of a generation of civil rights leaders. It happened because God was on the move.
Historian and theologian Charles Marsh partners with veteran activist John Perkins to chronicle God's vision for a more equitable and just world. Perkins reflects on his long ministry and identifies key themes and lessons he has learned, and Marsh highlights the legacy of Perkins's work in American society. Together they show how abandoned places are being restored, divisions are being reconciled, and what individuals and communities are doing now to welcome peace and justice.
Now updated to reflect on current social realities, this book reveals ongoing lessons for the continuing struggle for a just society. Come, discover your part in the beloved community. There is unfinished work still to do.
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- Explores God's vision for a more equitable and just world
- Reveals ongoing lessons for the continuing struggle for a just society
- Shows what individuals and communities are doing now to welcome peace and justice
- The Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Movement
- The Cultural Captivity of the Church
- The Power of True Conversion
- The Next Great Awakening
- God's Movement in the Twenty-First Century
- A Time for Rebuilding
For years, John Perkins and Charles Marsh have been two of our most important figures in the discussion—and pursuit—of reconciliation. Now, from their passion for justice, their love of the gospel, and their friendship with one another, comes this gem, which may be the most important book either of them has written yet.
Lauren F. Winner, author of Wearing God
Welcoming Justice represents the perfect marriage of social justice and scholarly reflection. Far too often, those endeavors are not connected, leaving either effort impoverished. Everyone interested in thoughtful and just social change will find this book richly rewarding.
Susan M. Glisson, executive director, The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, University of Mississippi
Growing up in a Korean American immigrant church context, I did not hear the name John Perkins all that often. Since those early years, I have made a concerted effort to learn as much as possible about the work of one of the most important American Christian voices of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book provides important insights into the life, testimony, theology and ministry of John Perkins. It is both a work of inspiration and a work of history (reflecting the leanings of the dual authors) that must be read by any student or practitioner of social justice ministry. The book provides novices, faithful servants and even the weary laborers the inspiration to persevere in God's kingdom work. John Perkins and Charles Marsh provide for us a view of compassion, mercy, and justice ministry that needs to be heeded in the context of a new evangelicalism in North America.
Soong-Chan Rah, Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism, North Park Theological Seminary, author of Prophetic Lament
- Title: Welcoming Justice: God’s Movement Toward Beloved Community
- Authors: Charles Marsh, John M. Perkins
- Edition: Expanded Edition
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Pages: 144
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Civil rights › Religious aspects--Christianity; Christianity and justice
- ISBNs: 9780830873906, 9780830834792, 9780830878390, 0830873902, 0830834796, 0830878394
- Resource ID: LLS:9780830873906
- Resource Type: Monograph
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