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More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel
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Overview
When longtime ministry partners and friends Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice began writing More Than Equals in the early 1990s, their goal was to offer an example of how racial reconciliation is possible—and also critical to Christian discipleship. This landmark book tells the stories of two men from very different backgrounds embarking on the complex, costly journey of healing across racial divides.
Perkins, who witnessed repeated hypocrisy from white Christians and witnessed his bloodied pastor-activist father after a brutal police beating, wondered how it was possible to love white people. Rice, who grew up as a white missionary kid and thought of himself as progressive, was surprised by the tensions he encountered as a volunteer at a majority-black church—and by his own blind spots. As they served together in an intentionally multiracial ministry, both gained insight into why this work is so challenging and how Christians can do it well, in dependence on God.
With biblical grounding, hopeful realism, and practical detail, More Than Equals provides a helpful framework for Christians engaged in the deep ongoing surgery of racial healing. Now available as part of the IVP Signature Collection, this edition includes a new preface by Rice and a study guide for group discussion.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780830848645 |
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Publisher: | InterVarsity Press |
Publication date: | 06/08/2021 |
Series: | The IVP Signature Collection |
Pages: | 296 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
Chris Rice (DMin, Duke Divinity School) is the Duke Divinity School Senior Fellow for Northeast Asia. He and his wife, Donna, serve with the Mennonite Central Committee as MCC Country Representatives for Northeast Asia. They are based in Chuncheon, South Korea. He previously served as founder and codirector of the Duke Divinity School Center for Reconciliation from 2005 to 2014. He grew up in South Korea, where his parents were Presbyterian missionaries. He also spent many years living and working in Jackson, Mississippi, with Voice of Calvary Ministries. He was managing editor of Urban Family magazine, cofounder of Reconcilers Fellowship and convener of the Issue Group on Reconciliation at the 2004 Lausanne Forum on World Evangelization. He serves as chair of the Lausanne Special Interest Committee on Reconciliation and the leadership team of the Global Network for Reconciliation. He has written for such magazines as Sojourners, Christianity Today and Christian Century, and is author of Grace Matters, coauthor (with Spencer Perkins) of More Than Equals and coauthor (with Emmanuel Katongole) of Reconciling All Things.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Signature Edition (2021) Acknowledgments Introduction to the Second Edition (2000) Part 1: Admit 1. Race Fatigue 2. Foot Soldier 3. At the Crossroads 4. Who Is My Neighbor? 5. White Blinders 6. School Daze 7. Black Residue 8. Silence Gives Consent 9. A Little RespectPart 2: Submit 10. From Anger & Guilt to Passion & Conviction 11. Weapons for the Battle 12. Acts: A Reconciliation StoryPart 3: Commit 13. The Character of a Reconciler 14. White Fear 15. More Than Skin Deep 16. Soul Mates 17. Unlikely Comrades 18. Kingdom Choices 19. Friends & Yokefellows 20. Playing the Grace Card Afterword Notes Resources Study GuideWhat People are Saying About This
"When Christians truly love and respect one another across racial, ethnic, and social divisions, the truth and power of the gospel are revealed. Although church and society are not in the same place as we were several decades ago, many of the struggles and insights shared by Perkins and Rice have a timeless quality to them. The illuminating stories, cultural analysis, biblical teaching, and personal experiences the authors share continue to make this a profoundly inspiring and important book."
"More Than Equals reminds us that grace is the most powerful expression of God's love. It inspires us to move toward others, affirming the dignity of all human beings, and challenges us to be reconcilers in a deeply broken world. We need this book today more than ever."
"Living into the reality that Jesus has broken down the dividing wall of hostility is not easy in the United States, where the racist roots are deep and systemic. Perkins and Rice offer honest, painful, and courageous stories in the hard work of dismantling racism. More Than Equals is a clarion call to embody Christian discipleship and subversive love that is as relevant now as it was when it was written thirty years ago."
"This wonderful book has lost none of its power or inspiration from when it was first published. Interracial friendship may be the most important Christian witness today. Perkins and Rice show us how it is done—with all its struggles, misunderstandings, and the supreme joy that comes from walking alongside another in God's service. I recommend this book to everyone who lives in the hope of God's kingdom."
"In this era of reconciliation fatigue and disillusionment, this book calls its readers to the foundational truth of Christian reconciliation. Through the compelling story of the authors, the book reminds us that racial reconciliation is essentially a lifelong journey of discipleship, a journey that calls us each to die to ourself every day so that we might embrace others more radically through Christ."