‘The Color of Compromise,’ with Jemar Tisby

Jemar Tisby joins Derek and Alastair to discuss the history of racism in the American church.

Jemar Tisby

Jemar Tisby joins Derek and Alastair to discuss the history of racism in the American church in his latest book, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism. Listen in as they discuss everything from the theological importance of “remembering” to why today’s political issues are often framed differently for black demographics and how our theology helps us to respond to issues of racism today.

Timestamps

0:00
Intro and thesis of The Color of Compromise
4:30
How do we handle difficult conversations like this without sensationalized rhetoric???
6:55
The theological importance of “remembering”
11:00
What surprised Jemar about his research for the book
18:10
How to identify the particular events that created a prejudiced society
19:50
Why the study is not just a pessimistic look at history and why today’s political issues are often framed differently for black demographics
33:45
Practices in one’s local community that are most helpful
39:01
How to develop a theological language to speak about these issues and have a deeper conversation about sin + Conclusion

Follow Derek, Andrew, and Alastair for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to Caleb Wait for keeping us organized. Special thanks to Tim Motte for sound editing. And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.

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