America's Original Sin is a powerful act of Spirit-led truth telling and a loving disruption of the status quo. 'Jim Wallis marches among our hardiest and most steadfast pioneers on the path to a more perfect union and a more vibrant faith. Crossing the Bridge to a New America Afterword Index Endorsements The New Jim Crow and Restorative Justice 9. A Segregated Church or a Beloved Community? 7.

Repentance Means More Than Just Saying You're Sorry 5. The Parables of Ferguson and Baltimore 3. For more information, please visit Contents Foreword by Bryan Stevenson Preface: June 17 Introduction: You Will Know the Truth, and the Truth Will Set You Free 1. Probing yet positive, biblically rooted yet highly practical, this book shows people of faith how they can work together to overcome the embedded racism in America, galvanizing a movement to cross the bridge to a multiracial church and a new America. Whenever divided cultures and gridlocked power structures fail to end systemic sin, faith communities can help lead the way to grassroots change.

He speaks candidly to Christians-particularly white Christians-urging them to cross a new bridge toward racial justice and healing. In America's Original Sin, Wallis offers a prophetic and deeply personal call to action in overcoming the racism so ingrained in American society. The church has been slow to respond, and Sunday morning is still the most segregated hour of the week. The old patterns of white privilege are colliding with the changing demographics of a diverse nation. Yet as recent tragedies confirm, we continue to suffer from the legacy of racism. His participation in the civil rights movement brought him back when he discovered a faith that commands racial justice. Fifty years ago, Wallis was driven away from his faith by a white church that considered dealing with racism to be taboo. 'It's time we right this unacceptable wrong,' says bestselling author and leading Christian activist Jim Wallis. Racism is truly our nation's original sin. America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another.

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