Race and the Church

There are some very good conversations going on at 9marks regarding race, racism and the church. From their homepage, look at the left hand column and scroll to the bottom. They are very much worth the effort to read through. I especially enjoy the contributions from Thabiti Anyabwile. His blog, Pure Church, is always worthy read.

While on this subject, I would also highly recommend From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race by J. Daniel Hays. I still have a few pages left, but the book offers a much needed look at how race is understood throughout scripture, and he takes special notice of the large role that Africans have played in not only early Christianity, but ancient Israel as well.