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PW Starred Review: "a must-read for Christians interested in how race-infused politics and religion undermine the American democratic dream.""I am a man torn in two. And the gospel I inherited is divided." Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove grew up in the Bible Belt in the American South as a faithful church-going Christian. But he gradually came to realize that the gospel his Christianity proclaimed was not good news for everybody. The same Christianity that sang, "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound" also perpetuated racial injustice and white supremacy in the name of Jesus. His Christianity, he discovered, was the religion of the slaveholder. Just as Reconstruction after the Civil War worked to repair a desperately broken society, our compromised Christianity requires a spiritual reconstruction that undoes the injustices of the past.
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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a celebrated spiritual author and sought-after speaker. A native of North Carolina, he is a graduate of Eastern University and Duke Divinity School.In 2003, Jonathan and his wife Leah founded the Rutba House, a house of hospitality where the formerly homeless and the formerly housed share life together. Jonathan directs the School for Conversion, a popular education center that works to build beloved community and resource moral fusion coalitions. He is also an Associate Minister at St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church.Jonathan is a leader in the the Red Letter Christians movement and the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. He speaks often to churches, conferences and university audiences.Connect with Jonathan at www.jonathanwilsonhartgrove.com
