Plantation Jesus, Skot Welch
Plantation Jesus, Skot Welch
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Plantation Jesus
Race, Faith, & A New Way Forward

Author: Skot Welch, Rick Wilson

Narrator: Skot Welch

Unabridged: 3 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 08/18/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Not long ago, most white American Christians believed that Jesus blessed slavery. God wasn t bothered by Jim Crow. Baby Jesus had white skin. Meet Plantation Jesus: a god who is comfortable with bigotry, and an idol that distorts the message of the real Savior.
That false image of God is dead, right? Wrong, argue the authors of Plantation Jesus, an authoritative new book on one of the most urgent issues of our day.
Through their shared passion for Jesus Christ and with an unblinking look at history, church, and pop culture, authors Skot Welch and Rick Wilson detail the manifold ways that racism damages the church's witness. Together Welch and Wilson take on common responses by white Christians to racial injustice, such as I never owned a slave, I don t see color; only people, and We just need to get over it and move on. Together they call out the church's denials and dodges and evasions of race, and they invite readers to encounter the Christ of the disenfranchised.
With practical resources and Spirit-filled stories, Plantation Jesus nudges readers to learn the history, acknowledge the injury, and face the truth. Only then can the church lead the way toward true reconciliation. Only then can the legacy of Plantation Jesus be replaced with the true way of Jesus Christ.

About The Author

Skot Welch is the principal/founder of Global Bridgebuilders, a firm focusing on cultural transformation and inclusion that serves a wide range of clients in the U.S. and in more than seven countries. Welch has worked in international business and diversity and inclusion management for nearly twenty years. Rick Wilson was an Emmy-winning producer and writer in print and broadcast media. He was cohost, with Skot Welch, of the popular radio program Radio in Black and White, which covered topics related to race, ethnicity, and cultural competence. Wilson died in 2014.


Reviews

Goodreads review by marcus on May 09, 2020

Unfortunately this book, published in 2018 is more timely than ever. As the country deals with the coronavirus, one result is the evident racial disparities it is exposing.. COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups. This week also saw a video released of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery by two white......more

Goodreads review by Dorcas on April 29, 2018

This book lays out a clear, well-researched, and convicting case for how the church has been both complicit and oftentimes an active part of perpetuating white supremacy and white nationalism. I especially appreciated how the authors draw clear lines through history from the slave trade to Jim Crow......more

Goodreads review by Kim on March 04, 2021

Wow. This Book. Wow. I knew much of the content already, but it laid it out in more detail. With every book on social justice, I learn more, and I learned more again here. We have so very far to go. I appreciated the author's comparison of Jesus of Nazareth and Plantation Jesus. Jesus of Nazareth is......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on May 10, 2018

Full disclosure... I've known the three authors of this book for several years, and have worked with them through Coming to the Table, as well as in my work as an author of books also focused on undoing racism and transforming ourselves and our world. Rick, Skot, and Andi are good friends. With that......more