The December 2022 Justice and Spirit: Unitarian Universalist Book Club selection.
In this beautiful gift edition of the classic theological treatise, complete with a ribbon placemarker and silver gilded edges, celebrated theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman (1900–1981) revolutionizes the way we read the gospel. Thurman lifts Jesus up as a partner in the pain of the oppressed, and the gospel as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised. In this view, the example of His life shows us that hatred does not empower — it decays. Only by recognizing fear, deception, contempt, and love of one another can God’s justice prevail.
With a new foreword by acclaimed womanist theologian Kelly Brown Douglas, this edition of Jesus and the Disinherited is a timeless testimony of faith that demonstrates how to thrive and flourish in a world that attempts to destroy one’s humanity from the inside out. Having witnessed firsthand the depths of white supremacy and the heights of human civility, Thurman reiterates the inherent dignity of all of God’s children.
