Dear Friend,

Christians were deeply culpable of perpetuating slavery—and now they are making the case for reparations. Sojourners magazine solicited this essay months ago, but it’s especially timely now. “For faith communities, reparations must not be only an effort to compensate for past harms, they must also chart a pathway to a just future,” writes Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas in Sojourners’ July 2020 cover story. “Otherwise, reparations become little more than a salve for white guilt while the sin of white supremacy continues to thrive.”

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Every month Sojourners offers in-depth commentary on our call to live out Jesus’ mandate to stand in solidarity with all who are oppressed. This includes those suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic, those abused at the hands of people sworn to serve and protect, and all other souls at the heart of important justice issues.

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In the July issue:

• The Legacy of the White Lion – Christians were deeply culpable of perpetuating slavery — and now are making the case for reparations.
• When a Trusted Spiritual Leader Turns Out to Be a Sexual Predator – Revelations about Jean Vanier’s abuse threaten our confidence in determining good and evil.
• Mobilizing Hope – The coronavirus has exposed our society’s preexisting conditions.
• A Different Kind of Ethnic Cleansing – Trump’s Mideast ‘peace’ plan wants Palestinian Christians to just disappear.
• Inspiration – Sustenance for your soul, including scriptural reflections, poetry, and film and book reviews.

Sojourners goes back to the gospel—where Jesus said he came to this world to “bring good news to the poor” —and we always will. Subscribe to Sojourners magazine now and be part of a community that puts faith into action, and get your FREE copy of America’s Original Sin, of which  African American senior pastor Cynthia Hale says “I have been waiting a long time for this book. I have been waiting for a white, male, evangelical Christian to say what Jim Wallis has the courage to say. Jim, in his own inimitable way, invites us into a conversation...that is long overdue.”

In solidarity,

Cynthia Martens,
Senior Director of Circulation, Sojourners

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