My curiosity about racism in the Church piqued in the last few years. While learning to dismantle White supremacy in myself, I heard things here and there that brought up a lot of questions about the moral integrity of our Christian history. As I dug in, I was appalled. We, Christians, are responsible for so much racism in our nation and the world.
So, I decided to experiment. I’m posting facts and stories on Instagram in real time as I learn them. I hope to dig deeper in community with anyone interested in learning the same. That said, this resource list will grow as we go.
Resource List for:
How Christians Created Race Instagram Series
Books
Cone, James, H, The Cross and the Lynching Tree (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2011).
Cleveland, Christena, Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2013)
Du Bois, W.E.B, The Souls of Black Folk (New York: Barnes and Noble Classics,2003) Originally published in 1903.
Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, An Indiginous Peoples’ History of the United States (Boston: Beacon Press, 2014).
Goetz, Rebecca Anne, The Baptism of Early Virginia: How Christianity Created Race. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2012).
Harper, Lisa, Sharon, The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can be Made Right. (New York: Waterbrook, 2017)
Hart, Drew, G,I, Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism (Harrisonburg: Herald Press, 2016).
Morrison, Latasha, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation (Colorado Springs: Waterbrook 2019).
Perkins, John, M, Let Justice Roll Down (Ventura: Regal, 1976).
Takaki, Ronald, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America (Little, Brown and Company, 1993)
Tisby, Jemar, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism (Michigan: Zondervan, 2019), Kindle.
Articles
Cahill, Sean. Barra Ó Donnabháin Symposium: The Politics of the Irish Language Under the English and British Governments. PDF file. 2007. https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/irelandHouse/documents/0111-0126_PoliticsOfTheIrishLanguage.pdf
White, Timothy, J. The Impact of British Colonialism on Irish Catholicism and National Identity: Repression, Reemergence, and Divergence. 2010. https://journals.openedition.org/etudesirlandaises/1743
Podcasts
Thompson, BJ, host. “Courageous Conversations Pt. 3: Confronting Racist Evangelical History – Dr. Otis Moss III and Dr. Matthew Hall.” Jude 3 Project (podcast). May 12, 2016. Accessed sometime in April or May 2020, https://jude3project.org/podcast/2016/5/12/courageous-convo-pt-3-confronting-racist-evangelical-history-dr-otis-moss-iii-and-dr-matthew-hall
Hatmaker, Jen, host. “Unequally Saved:The Church’s Role in Racism with Lisa Sharon Harper.” For the Love. (podcast). 1:07:38. April 24, 2018. Accessed May 2019.https://forthelove.libsyn.com/never-leave-the-gospel-behind-lisa-sharon-harper
Hatmaker, Jen, host. “Latasha Morrison: Building Bridges through Black and White Conversation.” For the Love. (podcast) 59:00. March 27, 2018. Accessed May 2020. https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/latasha-morrison-building-bridges-through-black-white/id1258388821?i=1000407677543
Social Media
WGBHForum. “Interracial But Not Integrated: Colonial Churches.” YouTube video, 1:16:41. July 6, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_jKtNRD4XI
Cherry, Bishop, speaker. “Good Seed.” Facebook video, 1:38:24 https://www.facebook.com/TheWordIsAlive/videos/2313056562331347
The Bible. Various translations
Images
George D. Prentice Statue image posted to Instagram on 8/5/2021 citation follows:
Matlack, Claude Carson, George D. Prentice statue, 1903?, 1916? 3 x 5. 5 inch. University of Louisville Digital Archives. https://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/matlack/id/624
ULPA 1982.01.846, Claude C. Matlack Collection, 1982.01, Photographic Archives, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky