{"product_id":"views-of-the-church-from-brandon-c-lovelace-9781481030069","title":"Views of the Church from the Liquor Store","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a child, Brandon C. Lovelace noticed the many liquor stores he passed on his way to church. It seemed to him you could see a church from anywhere liquor was sold-in his low-income, dilapidated community at least.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eViews of the Church from the Liquor Store\u003c\/i\u003e collects a series of poignant, insightful essays and short letters focusing on the complex interaction of social injustices-and how they interact to create and maintain oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLovelace bases his observations on a mix of personal experience, current events, and history. If only those who conform to a narrow definition of respectability are \"of God,\" then what of the many whose income, sexuality, race, gender, or class disqualify them from entering this elite-and socioeconomically dominant-club?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEasy though it may be to dismiss the drunks and \"sinners\" from the comfort of a pew, the view looks very different from the liquor store, where the church seems distant and unwelcoming. Instead of judging and dismissing, it's time to listen to those society dismisses. We cannot afford to hide behind a respectability that is little more than poorly disguised racism, classism, and intolerance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the view from the liquor store.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brandon C. Lovelace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 148103006X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481030069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.27d","brand":"Brandon C. Lovelace","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439357079807,"sku":"9781481030069","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74495e52-279b-4c96-9885-e74357353c7b.jpg?v=1777177115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/views-of-the-church-from-brandon-c-lovelace-9781481030069","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}