{"product_id":"race-and-covenant-gerald-r-mcdermott-9781880595220","title":"Race and Covenant: Recovering the Religious Roots for American Reconciliation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe United States is consumed with questions regarding race, the legacy of slavery, and the nature of social justice. Where are people of faith to turn?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor most of the last two thousand years Christians have believed that God deals with nations as nations and enters into closer relations with societies that claim him as Lord. This belief in the national covenant, only recently out of fashion, is where Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr. turned when faced with such questions in their own time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology explores the theme of national covenant in scripture, history, and contemporary American society as well as the theology and practices of covenant communities. Its authors suggest new strategies for finding racial reconciliation in this troubled time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing contributions from W.B. Allen, Joshua Berman, Timothy George, Derryck Green, Alveda C. King, Glenn C. Loury, Gerald R. McDermott, Joshua Mitchell, Evan Musgraves, Osvaldo Padilla, James M. Patterson, Jacqueline C. Rivers, R. Mitchell Rocklin, Robert Smith, Jr., Carol M. Swain, Mark Tooley, and Robert L. Woodson, Sr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald R. McDermott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1880595222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781880595220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Acton Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Gerald R. McDermott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049915609343,"sku":"9781880595220","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ae2a3601-cdbc-4d5e-9ab5-333058cedead.jpg?v=1685004140","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/race-and-covenant-gerald-r-mcdermott-9781880595220","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}