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Racial Healing In And Through The American Church, Kelly L. Hamren May 2021

Racial Healing In And Through The American Church, Kelly L. Hamren

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

Because the Church in America has often elevated race as a criterion for exclusion and dehumanization of fellow believers, many American denominations have begun publicly acknowledging their historic failures to affirm God’s image in men and women of color, especially African-Americans.