Called to Reconciliation: How the Church Can Model Justice, Diversity, and Inclusion

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Nationally recognized speaker and church leader Jay Augustine demonstrates that the church is called and equipped to model reconciliation, justice, diversity, and inclusion.



This book develops three uses of the term "reconciliation": salvific, social, and civil. Augustine examines the intersection of the salvific and social forms of reconciliation through an engagement with Paul's letters and uses the Black church as an exemplar to connect the concept of salvation to social and political movements that seek justice for those marginalized by racism, class structures, and unjust legal systems. He then traces the reaction to racial progress in the form of white backlash as he explores the fate of civil reconciliation from the civil rights era to the Black Lives Matter movement.



This book argues that the church's work in reconciliation can serve as a model for society at large and that secular diversity and inclusion practices can benefit the church. It offers a prophetic call to pastors, church leaders, and students to recover reconciliation as the heart of the church's message to a divided world.

About the author

Jonathan C. Augustine is a nationally recognized social justice advocate, reconciliation scholar, and law professor. He serves as the senior pastor of St. Joseph AME Church, as a strategist with the Duke Center for Reconciliation, and as a visiting professor at North Carolina Central University Law School. Bill Andrew Quinn, a nationally recognized commercial and promo voice actor, has been narrating audiobooks since 1993. When not behind the microphone, Bill can be found doing research for his radio show The Bill Andrew Quinn Radio Hour X2, watching his beloved St. Louis Cardinals on the MLB Network, or sampling craft beer. Rev. Michael Curry is Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church. He is the chief pastor and serves as president and chief executive officer, and as chair of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church.

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