Obery M. Hendricks Jr.

America's Original Sin

World Religions

“Jim Wallis has been a fighter for economic and racial justice for decades. Now this activist par excellence has written a brilliant, passionate exploration of racism and the surprisingly pervasive reality of white supremacist supremacist sensibilities in America and how they keep our nation divided. Wallis’s purpose is not to indict but to chart a path to true community. This is a book that all Americans should read and ponder deeply, both those who acknowledge the reality of white privilege and those who do not.”

American Idolatry

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Sociologist Andrew Whitehead’s scholarship has greatly deepened America’s understanding of white Christian nationalism. In American Idolatry he powerfully engages the subject on intimate terrain, that of a Christian believer deeply grieved by the ways white Christian nationalism has weaponized the faith he loves. With both passion and acuity, he cites the dangers it portends for both American society and the Christian faith. But just as importantly, he also looks at the ways that it is being confronted on the terrain of faith. A lively and lucid read, American Idolatry is a significant contribution to our understanding of white Christian nationalism and the social and psychological forces that underlie it.”

An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Nyasha Junior is that welcome combination of rigorous scholar and lucid, accessible writer. These traits are on clear display in An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation . The sweep of her project entails perhaps the most comprehensive cross-disciplinary survey to date of womanism, one the most dynamic and fecund developments in academia in the last several decades. But her primary focus is biblical studies. Professor Junior has crafted an indispensable resource for understanding the depth and the breadth of the interpretive possibilities of womanism for critical biblical study. This very useful text should grace the desks of every theological student—and perhaps their professors, too.”

Fortune

World Religions

“A beautiful book of great spiritual and emotional depth. Through a mix of memoir and historical excavation, Harper conducts a unique, courageous exploration of America’s original sin and its terrible toll on the physical, spiritual, and psychic existence of Black Americans through the struggles of her ancestors. This book will touch your soul.”

Getting to the Promised Land

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“This is a brilliantly thoughtful, novel approach to the reparations debate that should be required reading for everyone with even a minimal investment in the reparations debate.”

Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Horsley is one of the seminal figures in what he rightly terms the 'reorientation' of biblical studies to acknowledge the political radicality of Jesus and the movement he led. . . . This book is required reading for everyone who truly seeks to understand the words and deeds of Jesus in historical context--the only way they can be properly understood--and their implications for today's struggles to achieve loving, healthy communities fully leavened by egalitarian justice.”