Reconciliation: Our Greatest Challenge--Our Only Hope

by Curtiss Paul DeYoung

DeYoung considers reconciliation in its broadest sense with periodic asides to illustrate practical approaches to separation based on race, gender, culture, class, nationalism, etc.

159 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Rev. Dr. Curtiss Paul DeYoung is a racial justice academic, author, and activist. He served as the Co-CEO of the Minnesota Council of Churches (MCC)—an ecumenical council of 27-member denominational communions from Historic Black, Mainline Protestant, Pentecostal, Peace, and Greek Orthodox churches. MCC has programs in racial justice, refugee services, and interfaith relations. DeYoung previously served as the Executive Director of the historic faith-based racial justice organization Community Renewal Society in Chicago, IL with its unique programmatic combination of church-based community organizing, policy advocacy, and investigative journalism.

Dr. DeYoung was the inaugural Professor of Reconciliation Studies and Co-chair of the Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Reconciliation Studies at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. He served as an adjunct professor at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL.

Rev. DeYoung served on staff at congregations in Minneapolis, New York City, and Washington, DC. He is an ordained minister in the Church of God (Anderson, IN). He consults and speaks nationally and internationally with extensive relationships among activists and peacemakers across the United States and in South Africa and the Holy Land.

Reviews

[Beth Lorow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super helpful for developing a vocabulary around racism and for more fully understanding God's design for His people.

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the books that helped save our marriage. Highly recommend.

[Jack Kooyman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must read for any Christian curious about, committed to, or concerned about what to do about racial reconciliation and how it relates to God's redemptive good news message.