A review by hatingongodot
Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

3.0

It's a very touching story about a man coming to realize the way racism perpetuates itself in society and how Christianity must fully acknowledge the systems of racism if it is ever to escape its painful hypocrisy regarding the treatment of marginalized groups. Wilson-Hartgrove is a skilled writer and I would love to hear more of his ideas on how this is to be accomplished. Is it enough to only say that Christianity is rooted in inherently radical ideas about class and equality? The author's willingness to listen and reach out to the poor and to minority groups without condescending is admirable but not likely to be repeated by other white Christians who badly need it.