{"product_id":"when-will-we-be-whole-chris-echols-9798286157495","title":"When Will We Be Whole?: A Soul Reconing on Slavery, Justice and Reparations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happened to the souls of those who upheld evil and called it normal?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wasn't asking about monsters. I was asking about neighbors. Preachers. Lawmakers. Mothers who sang lullabies to white children while turning a blind eye to the screams of Black ones. Men who kissed their wives goodnight after ordering lashes for a woman they claimed as \"property.\" Institutions that baptized babies one day and bought human beings the next. Preachers who raped their black servants in dark of the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the deeper question beneath it was this: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow could so many pretend not to know?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat question didn't go away. It grew. It stalked me through scripture and silence. Through history books and hospital beds. Through the legacy of slavery and the long, living shadow it still casts on American soil and American \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003esouls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt became clear that this wasn't just a political question. It was a \u003cb\u003espiritual one\u003c\/b\u003e. A question of moral memory. A question of cosmic accountability. And a question about the finality of reparations?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Echols\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798286157495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Chris Echols","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659635699967,"sku":"9798286157495","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-will-we-be-whole-chris-echols-9798286157495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}