The Myth of Equality: Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege

• 2017 Foreword INDIES Book Award Honorable Mention

• Publishers Weekly's Five Best Religion Titles of 2017

Is privilege real or imagined? It's clear that issues of race and equality have come to the forefront in our nation's consciousness. Every week yet another incident involving racial tension splashes across headlines and dominates our news feeds. But it's not easy to unpack the origins of these tensions, and perhaps we wonder whether any of these issues really has anything to do with us. Ken Wytsma, founder of the Justice Conference, understands these questions. He has gone through his own journey of understanding the underpinnings of inequality and privilege. In this timely, insightful book Wytsma unpacks what we need to know to be grounded in conversations about today's race-related issues. And he helps us come to a deeper understanding of both the origins of these issues and the reconciling role we are called to play as witnesses of the gospel. Inequality and privilege are real. The Myth of Equality opens our eyes to realities we may have never realized were present in our society and world. And we will be changed for the better as a result.

Ken Wytsma is a leader, communicator, and social entrepreneur. He is the author of Pursuing Justice, The Grand Paradox, and Create vs. Copy. Publishers Weekly has called him "one of the new breed of evangelical Christians returning to scripture to redeem justice as a central tenet of faith." Ken is the founder of The Justice Conference, an annual international conference that introduces people to a wide range of organizations and conversations related to biblical justice, which has reached over twenty thousand people at conferences across five continents. In addition to serving as the founding pastor of Antioch Church in Bend, Oregon, Ken is president of Kilns College, where he teaches courses on philosophy, justice, and creative leadership. Ken also served for several years as the executive director of a creative office for World Relief and has written articles appearing in RELEVANT Magazine, Church Leaders, Huffington Post, Worship Leader Magazine, OUTREACH Magazine, and more. Ken lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Tamara, and their four daughters.