The Black Church Still Speaks on Race, Reparations, and Reconcilitation

January 24, 2022 01:18:00
The Black Church Still Speaks on Race, Reparations, and Reconcilitation
The Black Church Still Speaks
The Black Church Still Speaks on Race, Reparations, and Reconcilitation

Jan 24 2022 | 01:18:00

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Show Notes

In this episode, Pete Watts talks with Lisa Sharon Harper about her new book Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair it All. Drawing on her lifelong journey to know her family’s history, leading Christian activist Lisa Sharon Harper recovers the beauty of her heritage, exposes the brokenness that race has wrought in America, and casts a vision for collective repair. We spend our time talking about the last half of her book which focuses on three themes of Truth-Telling, Reparations as Repentence and Forgivness/Beloved Community. You can pre-order your book by February 7th and particpate in Black Fortune Month. You can learn more at her website at https://lisasharonharper.com/fortune/

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