The Heart of Racial Justice

<P><B>Racial and ethnic hostility is one of the most pervasive problems the church faces.</B> It hinders our effectiveness as one body of believers. It damages our witness. Why won't this problem just go away?Because it is a spiritual battle.In response we must employ spiritual weapons-prayer repentance forgiveness. In this book Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson provide a model of racial reconciliation social justice and spiritual healing that creates both individual and communal transformation. Read this book if you want to learn how to</P><ul><li>use your faith as a force for change not as a smoke screen for self-protection</li><li>embrace your true self and renounce false racial identities</li><li>receive and extend forgiveness as an act of racial reconciliation</li><li>experience personal transformation through the healing of painful racial memories</li><li>engage in social action by developing ongoing crosscultural partnerships</li></ul><P>This classic is now part of the IVP Signature Collection which features special editions of iconic books in celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of InterVarsity Press. It includes a list of definitions and a discussion and activity guide for groups. A new companion Bible study is also available.</P>