Faith and Resistance in the Age of Trump

by Dr Miguel A De La Torre (Contributor)

"May this book serve as a nurturing, connecting, and sustaining resource as we discuss the many ways faith, resistance, and healing must take shape in the Trump era....We need to live and act in solidarity -- together." From the Foreword by Jim Wallis

For many people of faith, the election of Donald Trump represents not just a political crisis -- a threat to our republic and a danger for the entire world -- but also a confessional crisis, a moment that calls into question the deepest meaning of our religious claims and values.

Reflections by notable religious scholars, ministers, and activists address this crisis. With chapters treating issues of gender, race, disability, LGBT justice, immigration, the environment, peace, and poverty, the contributors seek to name our situation and to set forth an agenda for faith and resistance.

Contributors include Susan Thistlethwaite, Amir Hussain, David Gushee, Miguel Diaz, Kelly Brown Douglas, Christiana Zenner, Sister Simone Campbell, Kwok Pui-lan, George "Tink" Tinker, and Rabbi Steven Greenberg.

272 pages, Paperback

Published September 14, 2017

Reviews

[Drick · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was written to help people of faith with a progressive political stance respond to the challenges of the Trump presidency from an ethical and theological point of view. While the list of contributors was an impressive collection of faith-based scholar-activists, I was a bit disappointed with the collection. While I found myself in near 100% agreement with the analyses and calls to action on a variety of issues - poverty, immigration, climate change, feminism, LGBT rights, living wage, militarism, global capitalism and so on - I really didn't find much that was different than I could get from the progressive media outlets. I had hoped for a more in-depth theological discussion of what this era and the challenges it presents means for our times. One notable exception was Santiago Slabdosky discussion of American Jews and the U.S. relationship to Israel, who explored Jewish perspectives on Israel and the wedge created between American Jews and African-Americans thru U.S. Israel policy, and its implications for Jewish faith. More discussion intertwining theology and political thought would have been more enriching.