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