Sitting down with author and anthropology professor Christine Jeske was a joy! We talked about her newest book, Racial Justice for the Long Haul, which is all about why white Christians (the small number of them who do) participate in racial justice work and how they stay committed. For this work, Christine spent hours and hours interviewing white Christians, who had been identified primarily by BIPOC Christians, about their engagement in racial justice work, which for many had spanned decades. She asked them about how they got involved in their work in the first place and what keeps them going, even through the discouragement they inevitably face. What she records from her findings is encouraging, challenging, and hopeful for any Christian looking to strengthen their commitment to justice work and advocacy.
Mentioned in this episode:
Racial Justice for the Long Haul: How White Christian Advocates Persevere (and Why) by Christine Jeske
The Laziness Myth: Narratives of Work and the Good Life in South Africa by Christine Jeske
Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, Second Edition by Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith
The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Ep. 043 with Malcolm Foley
Faithful Antiracism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change by Christina Edmondson and Chad Brennan
Embracing Hopelessness by Miguel A. De La Torre
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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