Kingdom Racial Change: Overcoming Inequality, Injustice, and Indifference

A compelling call to action that weaves together powerful personal stories and keen sociological analysis
 
In this remarkable book, authors Michael Evans, David McFadden, and Michael Emerson combine personal narratives and sociological research to teach Christians how to work together for racial justice.
 
The authors begin by sharing their stories. Michael Evans and David McFadden—friends since grade school—are Black and grew up in the rough neighborhoods of Chicago’s south side. Michael is a pastor and has ministered in the very neighborhoods where he was raised; David is a medical doctor. The third author—Michael Emerson, who is white—grew up in white communities that were close geographically to his coauthors’ neighborhoods, but a world away socially.
 
The authors then interpret their experiences through the lens of sociology, drawing on research to explain how injustice can exist on multiple levels. The micro level consists of individuals, relationships, and families; the meso level comprises organizations such as churches and collective activities such as social movements; and the macro level encompasses entire institutions such as the criminal justice system or the educational system, as well as laws and policies. The authors offer practical strategies for pursuing racial justice on all three levels—strategies designed to overcome inequality and draw Christians from diverse backgrounds and circumstances together in the family of God. A compelling call to action, Kingdom Racial Change will engage the hearts and minds of Christians seeking racial righteousness and reconciliation. 

Michael A. Evans is cofounder of the Unity Men’s Group of Chicago. He has nearly two decades of experience as a pastor and as executive director of the Developing Communities Project, an organization dedicated to community justice. He is coauthor of Kingdom Racial Change: Overcoming Inequality, Injustice, and Indifference.

David McFadden is cofounder of the Unity Men’s Group of Chicago. He is a nephrologist and serves as the medical director, cofounder, and co-owner of Affiliated Dialysis of Joliet and Morris, Illinois; he has also served in ministry for more than forty years. He is coauthor of Kingdom Racial Change: Overcoming Inequality, Injustice, and Indifference.

Michael O. Emerson is the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at the Baker Institute, a policy research organization based at Rice University. He was the founding director of Rice’s Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life. He is coauthor of Kingdom Racial Change: Overcoming Inequality, Injustice, and Indifference, The Religion of Whiteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith, and Blacks and Whites in Christian America.