David P. Leong 
Race and Place [EPUB ebook] 
How Urban Geography Shapes the Journey to Reconciliation

Geography matters.We long for diverse, thriving neighborhoods and churches, yet racial injustices persist. Why? Because geographic structures and systems create barriers to reconciliation and prevent the flourishing of our communities.Race and Place reveals the profound ways in which these geographic forces and structures sustain the divisions among us. Urban missiologist David Leong, who resides in one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the country, unpacks the systemic challenges that are rarely addressed in the conversation about racial justice.The evening news may deliver story after story that causes us to despair. But Leong envisions a future of belonging and hope in our streets, towns, cities, and churches. A discussion about race needs to go hand in hand with a discussion about place. This book is a welcome addition to a conversation that needs to include both.

Table of Content

Foreword by Soong-Chan Rah
Introduction: Street Signs and Color Lines
Part I: Race and Place: Beginning the Journey
1. Theology and Geography
2. Colorblind?
3. From the Garden to the City
Part II: Patterns of Exclusion: Structures That Divide
4. Walls of Hostility
5. Place, Parish, and Ghetto
6. Gentrification
Part III: Communities of Belonging: A Strange Family
7. Reconciliation: A Beautiful (and Disruptive) Story
8. Getting Practical: Action and Reflection
Conclusion: Back to a New Beginning
Acknowledgments
Notes

About the author

Soong-Chan Rah (D.Min., Gordon-Conwell) is the Milton B. Engebretson Assistant Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. He was the founding senior pastor of Cambridge Community Fellowship Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also serves on the boards of Sojourners and the Catalyst Leadership Center. He is a frequent conference speaker and contributed to Growing Healthy Asian American Churches (Inter Varsity Press).