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In addition throughout most of our nation's history, theology, as a discipline, has remained silent about racism and, at its worst, overtly supported racist practices. This book, examines: 1) what racism is and how it functions, especially in the contemporary setting; 2) how the United States has claimed to be God's chosen nation, yet systematically disadvantages persons of color; 3) how theology's silence sustains racial injustice in the Church, rather than excises it; and 4) how reformulating theological discourse can contribute to racial justice within ecclesial communities and the larger landscape of society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Horizons in Theology series offers brief but highly engaging essays on the major concerns and questions in theological studies. 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Floyd-Thomas, Associate Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University, Executive Director of the Society of Christian Ethics and the Black Religious Scholars Group \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elaine Robinson, as a prominent white scholar, has placed herself at the margins in her scholarly work. She speaks \u003cem\u003ewith\u003c\/em\u003e scholars of color whose work focuses on racism. More importantly, she speaks \u003cem\u003efrom \u003c\/em\u003ethem and in so doing brings vigor to the renewed debates on racism in the academy and the church.\u003cbr\u003e --M. Douglas Meeks, Cal Turner Chancellor Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee \u003cp\u003eFor those who take race seriously (we all should) this is a theologically insightful and nuanced book that de-constructs whiteness in the United States, and offers a re-construction that will begin a must needed dialogue in the academy and the church. This book will be a conversation starter like few others \u003cbr\u003e -- F. Douglas Powe, Jr., E. Stanley Jones Associate Professor of Evangelism and Associate Professor of Black Church Studies, Saint Paul School of Theology \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003cem\u003eRace and Theology\u003c\/em\u003e Elaine A. Robinson provides a critical resource for understanding the ways that race and racism have distorted the Christian faith in North America. More important, the book offers insights for what we might do about this distortion. By offering an analysis of the frequently used but, often wrongly conflated ideas of race and racism Robinson, uncovers the ways that oppressive social powers often flourish in contexts where well-meaning people would wish otherwise. 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