Beyond Rhetoric

In Beyond Rhetoric, the late Samuel Hines and Curtiss DeYoung place reconciliation at the very center of God's agenda for humankind. In so doing, they provide both inspiration and guidance for faithful Christian living that embraces a passionate pursuit of reconciliation.

Samuel George Hines, a native of Jamaica, served for several years as a pastor of Third Street Church of God in Washington, DC. Curtiss Paul DeYoung is Professor of Reconciliation Studies at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN.

Curtiss Paul DeYoung is the Executive Director of Community Renewal Society, an historic civil rights organization in Chicago that addresses racial and economic injustice. He also served for many years as Professor of Reconciliation Studies at Bethel University in Saint Paul, MN. He has degrees from University of Saint Thomas, Howard University, and Anderson University. He is an author of several books, including Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice and Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism.