Feb 19 2024 47 mins 5
This insightful and stirring interview with two of the last half-century's most biblically-based prophetic voices. Pre-order Jim's new book The False White Gospel and receive an invitation to a Zoom book-talk with Jim, hosted by Conrad Kanagy. Pre-order and email [email protected] for the Zoom event link, scheduled for March 18 at 7 p.m. EST. If you cannot join us live you can still receive event recording if you pre-order! Below is a description of the book and a link to pre-order.
My new book, The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy was written for this critical moment. I have put everything into this one. Publishers Weekly just called it an “ardent manifesto” that “promises to be a conversation starter in church groups and beyond.” I hope and pray so. It will be published on April 2, the Tuesday after Easter, by Essentials, a part of St. Martin’s. They are putting a lot into this too, with a ten to twelve city book tour for the first weeks followed by “town meetings on faith and democracy” around the country, through the spring, early summer, and fall.
This book is much more than another critique of white Christian nationalism–which is carefully summarized at the beginning. Centrally, it reframes and refreshes iconic biblical texts with the words of Jesus to help guide us to a future of genuine multiracial democracy, ending with an undergirding vision of a new American church, which I call a remnant church.
Tune in for regular readings of the Brueggemann biography and the forthcoming series!
