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Vocation Of The Elca: Dismantling White Supremacy, Amanda Vetsch May 2021

Vocation Of The Elca: Dismantling White Supremacy, Amanda Vetsch

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White Supremacy is an embodied belief and culture that must be eradicated in order for us to live into the diverse, mutually flourishing kin-doms that God has called us into. The history of white supremacy and racist theology includes ideas of mission, hierarchy, and compromise. White people and predominantly white institutions are vocationally called to do the specific work of dismantling white supremacy. The Lutheran theological tradition has commitments and practices that can ground and compel people into and through this work.

Two ways of understanding white supremacy culture are White Body Supremacy by Resmaa Menakem and Characteristics of White …


Public Church Framework As Process For Antiracism: Integrating Racial Identity Development Models And Theological Commitments, Amanda Vetsch May 2021

Public Church Framework As Process For Antiracism: Integrating Racial Identity Development Models And Theological Commitments, Amanda Vetsch

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This paper discusses various models of racial identity development and offers the Public Church Framework as one way that faith communities can engage in antiracism work.


When God Attacks: Using Mythology And Lament To Understand Exodus 4:24-26, Julia Olson Jan 2015

When God Attacks: Using Mythology And Lament To Understand Exodus 4:24-26, Julia Olson

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