Healing Conversations On Race

Christians today can get easily overwhelmed by the plethora of competing, fragmented ideas on race relations and racism. In this book, four authors with advanced degrees in the helping professions present a model for how to have healing conversations on race. The starting place, they argue, must be a coherent and integrated biblical view of the problem of racial disunity, grounded in the grand narrative of Scripture.

This book is the culmination of professional and personal conversations the authors have had as they've wrestled with current events, their own stories, and their roles in the healing process. They combine biblical teachings with psychological science to help Christians develop skills to discuss race with people who are racially different. In each chapter, the reader is guided through essential educational information, biblical examples, case studies, activities, and journaling exercises to prepare them for a healing conversation. Using the diversity of literature within psychology, attachment theory, and emotionally focused therapy, the book helps readers gain foundational knowledge, self-awareness, other-awareness, and specific relational skills.

Jesus challenged injustice, welcomed the rejected of society, and engaged in healing conversations with everyone he encountered. The practices in Healing Conversations on Race will help Christians grow in Christlikeness and follow Jesus' example in cross-racial relationships.