We Need To Talk About Race, Ben Lindsay
We Need To Talk About Race, Ben Lindsay
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We Need To Talk About Race
Understanding the Black Experience in White Majority Churches

Author: Ben Lindsay

Narrator: Ben Lindsay, Cleo Sylvestre

Unabridged: 5 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: SPCK

Published: 10/29/2019


Synopsis

From the UK Church's complicity in the transatlantic slave trade to the whitewashing of Christianity throughout history, the Church has a lot to answer for when it comes to race relations. Christianity has been dubbed the white man's religion, yet the Bible speaks of an impartial God and shows us a diverse body of believers.
It's time for the Church to start talking about race. Ben Lindsay offers eye-opening insights into the black religious experience, challenging the status quo in white majority churches. Filled with examples from real-life stories, including his own, and insightful questions, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of race relations in the Church in the UK and shows us how we can work together to create a truly inclusive church community.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Miriam on June 22, 2020

Why do I give everything four stars?..... Anyway, on this occasion it’s mainly for what Ben Lindsay has done in addressing matters and raising awareness that very few Christians have seemed to have done (to my knowledge). I read this book to inform myself, as a result of the Black Lives Matter moveme......more

Goodreads review by Olivia on July 05, 2020

The main message of this book is brilliant and so necessary to read about- that those of us who are members and leaders of white majority churches need to be putting issues of the minority to the forefront of our thoughts and actions. It's genuinely sad that Christianity is seen as the white man's r......more

Goodreads review by Peter on May 12, 2020

A prophetic call for the church to demonstrate the ethnic unity of the people of God to be worked out in life together. Ben Lindsay persuasively calls white majority churches to recognise the additional challenges that black people face, as well as their own white privilege (blinding them to some of......more

Goodreads review by Clarissa on January 12, 2024

amazing book ! i've not seen a book that so specifically speaks of the topic i as it relates to uk churches but is so important as the narrative often seems to be dominated by us dynamics which do differ. but such an encouraging call to action.......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on January 08, 2022

This is a challenging clarion call to confront racism in the UK church.......more