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Welcoming Justice: God's Movement Toward Beloved Community, By Charles Marsh and John M. Perkins

Welcoming Justice

God's Movement Toward Beloved Community

Expanded Edition

by Charles Marsh and John M. Perkins

Welcoming Justice
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$18.99
  • Length: 144 pages
  • Dimensions: 5.5 × 8.25 in
  • Published: November 20, 2018
  • Imprint: IVP
  • ISBN: 9780830834792
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It was not that long ago that African Americans and other minorities were excluded from many spheres of American public life. We have seen remarkable 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 certain 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 formore equitable and just world. They show how the civil rights movement was one important episode in God's larger movement throughout human history of pursuing justice and beloved community. 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 now doing towelcome peace and justice. The God Movement continues yet today. Come, discover your part in the beloved community. There is unfinished work still to do.

REVIEWS

"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."Dr. Susan M. Glisson, executive director, The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, University of Mississippi
"For decades John Perkins's footsteps have been leading people out of captivity, like Moses. And Charles Marsh has been tracking those footsteps with the eye of a historian, showing us that this liberation journey is an ancient one, and it ain't over yet . . . It did not end with Moses or with Dr. King, nor will it end with John Perkins. In Welcoming Justice, Perkins and Marsh have created a perfect harmony, a freedom song that will echo with hope through the streets of injustice and the halls of academia, inviting everyone who hears to take a step out of the empire in which we live and to move one step closer to the Promised Land, the beloved community of God."Shane Claiborne, author, activist and recovering sinner
"For years, John Perkins and Charles Marsh have been two of our most important figures in the discussion of--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 Girl Meets God
"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 ofthe 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, and author of The Next Evangelicalism
"The blood that runs through the veins of our nation is a muddy river; its waters are deep with honor and shame, joy and pain, compassion and exploitation. Charles Marsh and John Perkins are incredible navigators in the murky waters of race and reconciliation. To see the past, present and future of 'the dream' of the beloved community through the eyes of Perkins and Marsh is to see a resurrection of hope. These are two men who live out the ideas they speak about with eloquence and beauty. Ifwords are the scaffolding we build our lives on, this book lays a true and elegant foundation."Jon Foreman, songwriter, musician and cofounder of the alternative rock bands Switchfoot and Fiction Family
"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
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CONTENTS

Series Preface
by Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice
Foreword
by Philip Yancey
1.The Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Movement
by Charles Marsh
2.The Cultural Captivity of the Church
by John M. Perkins
3.The Power of True Conversion
by Charles Marsh
4.The Next Great Awakening
by John M. Perkins
5. God's Movement in the Twenty-First Century
by Charles Marsh
6. A Time for Rebuilding
by John M. Perkins
Study Guide: Questions for Personal Reflection or Group Discussion
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Duke Divinity School Center for Reconciliation
About Resources forReconciliation

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ABOUT Charles Marsh

Charles Marsh

Charles Marsh (PhD, University of Virginia) is director of the Project on Lived Theology and professor of religious and theological studies at the University of Virginia. His books include Strange Glory, God's Long Summer, and The Beloved Community.

ABOUT John M. Perkins

John M. Perkins

John M. Perkins is the founder of Voice of Calvary Ministries in Mendenhall, Mississippi, Harambee Ministries in Pasadena, California, and the Christian Community Development Association. His books include Let Justice Roll Down, WithJustice for All, and Making Neighborhoods Whole.

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