Recommended Reading

The following books are recommended as a reference to those who would like a greater understanding into racial reconcilation:


  1. Michael Emerson & Christian Smith, Divided by Faith: Evangelical religion and the Problem of Race in America, Oxford University Press, 2000
  2. Beverly Daniel Tatum, “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” And Other Conversations About Race (Basic Books, 1997)
  3. Patricia Raybon, My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love, and Forgiveness (Penguin Books, 1997)
  4. Steve Olson, Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins, Mariners Books, 2002
  5. Miroslav Volf, Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (Abingdon, 1996)
  6. Matthew Frye Jacobson, Whiteness of A Different Color: European Immigration and the Alchemy of Race, Harvard University Press, 1998
  7. Robert J. Schreiter, C.P.P.S., The Ministry of Reconciliation: Spirituality & Strategies, Orbis Books, 1998
  8. Andrew Sung Park, Racial Conflict & Healing: An Asian American Perspective, Orbis Books, 1996