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The American Church's Complicity in Racism
On the many moments when white Christians could have interceded on behalf of racial justice, but did not.
by
Jemar Tisby
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Eric C. Miller
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Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
on
April 2, 2019
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The Color of Compromise
: The Truth About the American Church's Complicity in Racism
Jemar Tisby
2019
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