Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: A Journey of Faith xi
Part 1 A Corrupted Moral Imaginary
1 Anti-Blackness: More Than White Privilege 9
The Deep Roots of an Anti-Black Narrative 11
The Anti-Black Narrative and the Black Body 22
Making America Great Again and the Matter of Black Lives 47
An Ongoing Conversation 54
2 More Than Just Monuments 56
The History They Tell 58
Social-Cultural Epistemological Privilege 67
The Implications of White Knowing 84
A Compromised Moral Imaginary 93
Back to the Conversation 97
3 It's about the Good White Christians 102
God's Love: A Paradox 120
The Paradox of Peace 128
The White Gaze and the Moral Imagination 132
Back to the Question 134
Part 2 From Crucifying Death to Resurrection Hope
4 Resurrecting Reparations 141
Resurrection Reparations 142
Re-Configuring Social Memory 149
Resurrecting Re-Imagining 160
Resurrecting Justice 169
Lingering Doubts 177
5 Resurrection Testimony 178
A Resurrecting Invitation 184
A Laughing God 190
A Hopeful End 198
Afterword: The Final Conversation 201
Index 203