João B. Chaves

Reckoning with History

History & Biography

“Reckoning with History is a courageous book that outlines how majority sectors of the white church in the United States were deliberately invested in using Christianity to legitimize settler colonialism, war crimes, land theft, and slavery. William Yoo issues an important call for Christians to honestly confront the dark legacy that underpins much of US history—and the church’s complicity in it. Without forgetting the long history of resistance against the powerful forces that (de)formed US Christianity in the image of a colonial state, Reckoning with History challenges readers to embrace hard truths as an indispensable step toward fashioning a collective identity rooted in justice, humility, and love.”