2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award – Multicultural
2021 Christianity Today Book Award – Christian Living/Discipleship Award
Publishers Weekly starred review
‘People of color have endured traumatic histories and almost daily assaults on our dignity. We have prayed about racism, been in denial, or acted out in anger, but we have not known how to individually or collectively pursue healing from the racial trauma.’
As a child, Sheila Wise Rowe was bused across town to a majority white school, where she experienced the racist lie that one group is superior to all others. This lie continues to be perpetuated today by the action or inaction of the government, media, viral videos, churches, and within families of origin. In contrast, Scripture declares that we are all fearfully and wonderfully made.
Rowe, a professional counselor, exposes the symptoms of racial trauma to lead readers to a place of freedom from the past and new life for the future. In each chapter, she includes an interview with a person of color to explore how we experience and resolve racial trauma. With Rowe as a reliable guide who has both been on the journey and shown others the way forward, you will find a safe pathway to resilience.
Table of Content
Foreword by Soong-Chan Rah
1. Wounds
2. Fatigue
3. Silence
4. Rage
5. Fear
6. Lament
7. Shame
8. Addiction
9. Freedom
10. Resilience
Acknowledgments
Genogram
Group Discussion Guide
Glossary
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).
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