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Black & African Diaspora

What does it look like to live fully into your identity as both a Black or African American person and a child of God? These books offer companionship, personal stories, and theological perspectives on topics like ethnic identity and racial justice. You can also meet all of IVP's Black authors or read articles on the Black experience.

Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope, By Jasmine L. Holmes
Mother to Son
Jasmine Holmes
Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience, By Sheila Wise Rowe
Healing Racial Trauma
Sheila Rowe
Megachurch Christianity Reconsidered: Millennials and Social Change in African Perspective, By Wanjiru M. Gitau
Megachurch Christianity Reconsidered
Wanjiru M. Gitau
A Sojourner's Truth: Choosing Freedom and Courage in a Divided World, By Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
A Sojourner's Truth
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
Crossover Preaching: Intercultural-Improvisational Homiletics in Conversation with Gardner C. Taylor, By Jared E. Alcántara
Crossover Preaching
Jared E. Alcántara
Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Epic Challenge to the Church, By Edward Gilbreath
Birmingham Revolution
Edward Gilbreath
The African Memory of Mark: Reassessing Early Church Tradition, By Thomas C. Oden
The African Memory of Mark
Thomas C. Oden
Black Fire: One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism, By Estrelda Y. Alexander
Black Fire
Estrelda Y. Alexander
How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity, By Thomas C. Oden
How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind
Thomas C. Oden
Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical's Inside View of White Christianity, By Edward Gilbreath
Reconciliation Blues
Edward Gilbreath
The Decline of African American Theology: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity, By Thabiti M. Anyabwile
The Decline of African American Theology
Thabiti M. Anyabwile
The Hip-Hop Church: Connecting with the Movement Shaping Our Culture, By Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson
The Hip-Hop Church
Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson
It's Not About You--It's About God, By Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo
It's Not About You--It's About God
Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo
From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race, By J. Daniel Hays
From Every People and Nation
J. Daniel Hays
Diverse Worship: African-American, Caribbean and Hispanic Perspectives, By Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid
Diverse Worship
Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid
Defending Black Faith: Answers to Tough Questions About African-American Christianity, By Craig S. Keener and Glenn Usry
Defending Black Faith
Craig S. Keener and Glenn Usry
Black Man's Religion: Can Christianity Be Afrocentric?, By Glenn Usry and Craig S. Keener
Black Man's Religion
Glenn Usry and Craig S. Keener