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Jan 1, 2022 · In America's Original Sin, Wallis offers a call to action in overcoming the racism so ingrained in American society. He speaks candidly to Christians -- particularly white Christians -- urging them to cross a new bridge toward racial justice and healing.
Feb 14, 2017 · America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation's original sin. "It's time we right this unacceptable wrong," says bestselling author and leading Christian activist Jim Wallis.
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Tracing how race has been an integral part of America's history, its 'original sin,' he names the ways white supremacy was present in America's birth and continues to be present in the realities of police brutality, the criminal justice system, and educational inequality.
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America is a 2015 book by Jim Wallis. [1] [2] Summary. The book calls for Americans to overcome racism in the United States, issuing an appeal rooted in fundamental Christian values.
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Probing yet positive, biblically rooted yet highly practical, this book shows people of faith how they can work together to overcome the embedded racism in America, galvanizing a movement to cross the bridge to a multiracial church and a new America.
Probing yet positive, biblically rooted yet highly practical, this book shows people of faith how they can work together to overcome the embedded racism in America, galvanizing a movement to cross the bridge to a multiracial church and a new America.
With the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another, racism is truly our nation's original sin. And as recent tragedies confirm, we continue to suffer from this legacy of bigotry.
