Joseph Barndt - Becoming an Anti-Racist Church: Journeying Toward Wholeness

The following select list of resources may be helpful to readers who wish to pursue further anti-racism work in the church. For a more complete general bibliography on race and racism, see Understanding and Dismantling Racism.

Allen, Robert. Reluctant Reformers: Racism and Social Reform Movements in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1983.

Alvis, Joel L. Religion and Race: Southern Presbyterians, 1946 to 1983. Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, 1994.

Barndt, Joseph. Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to White America. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007.

Braxton, Brad R. No Longer Slaves: Galatians and African American Experience. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical, 2002.

Campolo, Tony, and Michael Battle. The Church Enslaved: A Spirituality of Racial Reconciliation. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005.

Chisom, Ronald, and Michael Washington. Undoing Racism: A Philosophy of International Social Change. New Orleans: Peoples Institute Press, 1997. (Out of Print)

Cone, James H. God of the Oppressed. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 1997.

Davies, Susan E., and Paul Teresa Hennessee. Ending Racism in the Church. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1998.

Deloria, Vine. God Is Red: A Native View of Religion. Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum, 1994.

Emerson, Michael O., and Christian Smith. Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Felder, Cain Hope. Race, Racism, and the Biblical Narratives. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002.

Findlay, James F., Jr. Church People in the Struggle: The National Council of Churches and the Black Freedom Movement, 19501970. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Gilbreath, Edward. Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelicals Inside View of White Christianity. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2006.

Hobgood, William Chris. Born Apart, Becoming One: Disciples Defeating Racism. St. Louis: Chalice, 2009.

Jewett, Robert. Mission and Menace: Four Centuries of American Religious Zeal. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008.

Jha, Sandhya Rani. Room at the Table: Struggle for Unity and Equality in Disciples History. St. Louis: Chalice, 2009.

Kistner, Wolfram. Justice and Righteousness Like a Never Ending Stream. Johannesburg: South African Council of Churches, 2008.

Kistner, Wolfram. Hans Brandt, ed. Outside the Camp: A Collection of Writings by Wolfram Kistner. Johannesburg: South African Council of Churches, 1988.

Lincoln, C. Eric. Race, Religion, and the Continuing American Dilemma. New York: Hill and Wang, 1984.

Lincoln, C. Eric, ed. The Black Experience in Religion. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor/Doubleday, 1974.

McKenzie, Seven L. All Gods Children: A Biblical Critique of Racism. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1997.

Morris, Leslie Takahashi, Chip Roush, and Leon Spencer, eds., The Arc of the Universe Is Long: Unitarian Universalists, Anti-Racism, and the Journey from Calgary. Boston: Skinner House, 2009.

Murray, Peter C. Methodists and the Crucible of Race, 19301975. Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 2004.

Newman, Mark. Getting Right with God: Southern Baptists and Desegregation, 19451995. Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, 2001.

Nothwehr, Dawn M. That They May Be One: Catholic Social Teaching on Racism, Tribalism, and Xenophobia. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2008.

Shattuck, Gardiner H., Jr. Episcopalians and Race: Civil War to Civil Rights. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000.

Tinker, George E. Spirit and Resistance: Political Theology and American Indian Liberation. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004.

Tise, Larry E. Proslavery: A History of the Defense of Slavery in America, 17011840. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1987.

Wink, Walter. Naming the Powers: The Language of Power in the New Testament. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984.

Yang, Fenggang. Asian American Religions: The Making and Remaking of Borders and Boundaries. New York: New York University Press, 2004.

Young, Josiah Ulysses, III. No Difference in the Fare: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Problem of Racism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Zinn, Howard. A Peoples History of the United States: 1492 to Present. New York: HarperCollins, 2003.

CONTACTS

Many denominations and religious organizations are engaged in active anti-racism work. The following list provides information readers may find helpful in researching the work of particular denominations and organizations. Contact names and information tend to change. However, national denominational headquarters can usually supply updated information.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Many of the thirty-three Regions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) are engaged in anti-racism work. Links to these regional offices can be found at the website below.

Program: Reconciliation Ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Contact: Minister of Reconciliation

Address: 130 E. Washington, Indianapolis, IN 46204-3645

Telephone: (317) 713-2587

Email:

Website: www.reconciliationministry.org

Episcopal Church

Most of the dioceses of the Episcopal Church are engaged in anti-racism work. Links to these diocesan programs can be found at the Episcopal Church website.

Contact: The Episcopal Church Center, Intercultural Ministries

Address: 815 2nd Av., New York, NY 10017

Telephone: (646) 875-2430

Email:

Lutheran Church

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

Many of the sixty-five synods of the ELCA are engaged in anti-racism work. Links to these synodical programs can be found at the ELCA website below.

Program: Racial Justice Ministries/Anti-Racism Program

Contact: Director for Racial Justice Ministries

Address: 8765 West Higgins Road, Chicago IL 60631

Telephone: (773) 380-2835

Website: www.elca.org/Growing-In-Faith/Ministry/Multicultural-Ministries/Racial-Justice-Ministries.aspx

Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod

Program: Northern Illinois District Anti-Racism TeamOne Lord One Faith

Contact: Northern Illinois District, LCMS

Address: 2301 S. Wolf Road, Hillside, IL 60162

Telephone: (708) 449-3020

Email:

Website: www.ni.lcms.org

Mennonite Church

An important segment of Mennonite Anti-Racism work, the Damascus Road Anti-Racism Process is an Anabaptist anti-racism training and skill development program. A further description of this training program and of resources can be accessed via the website below.

Program: Anti-Racism Program of the Mennonite Central Committee US

Contact: Anti-Racism Director