Ángel J. Gallardo

Reckoning with History

History & Biography

“Reckoning with History traces the ways in which territorial displacement and racial violence shaped American Christianity from its inception. Yoo’s incisive exploration details how settler colonialism and slavery have distorted theological doctrines and ecclesial practices throughout the centuries. By centering the voices of Black, Indigenous, and dissenting Christians, this book challenges readers to confront the uncomfortable truths about how a colonial animus constrains the way contemporary Christians in the United States relate to the earth and to one other. Profound and timely, Yoo’s narrative invites us to reckon with our colonial legacy so that, together, we might design a future that enables us to become the beloved community God desires.”