Living in Color: Embracing God's Passion for Diversity

The picture given in Revelation shows a great multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language, all worshiping God together. But the picture of worship on earth is not nearly so diverse.

Living in Color exposes the history of racism and ethnocentricity that afflict our nations and churches today. A Keetoowah Cherokee, Randy Woodley provides fascinating insight into Native American culture and a biblical model for racial reconciliation and healing of all people. Above all, this book celebrates God's beautiful plan to reveal Himself through every unique individual, family and culture.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 261.834
EAN: 9780800792916
ISBN: 0800792912
Label: Chosen Books
Manufacturer: Chosen Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 205
Publication Date: 2001-10
Publisher: Chosen Books
Studio: Chosen Books


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Lifting the White Veil: An Exploration of White American Culture in a Multiracial Context
• United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation As an Answer to the Problem of Race
• Waking from Doctrinal Amnesia
• Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Racist
Comment: If this book made the outright negative remarks and the many implications it makes against any people group other than caucasian Americans and Europeans, the author would quickly be denounced as a bigot. Instead, I was forced to read it for a seminary class under the guise of broadening my perspectives regarding races and ethnicity in America.

This book is not about finding a way to appreciate the diversity of cultures around us. It is about how white America has wronged Native Americans (the author says we should now refer to this group as First Nations, but I say Native Americans here for understanding), and how white America owes this group restitution for these wrongs. The author calls people groups to allow those wronged by their ancestors to share their grievances and the suffering they have gone through without the offenders speaking. While this example could perhaps be used for any ethnic groups, white America and Europeans are used in 95% of the examples, usually in relation to Native Americans. The author does not discuss when enough has been said and when people can finally move on. He seems to indicate that once a people group has been wronged, they eternally are entitled to sharing these grievances with the offenders. This model goes against any healthy scriptural models I see.

From the outset, this book calls people to appreciate other cultures rather than merely tolerate them or be "color blind." This is an excellent point! Unfortunately, the book continues by consistently disregarding and even attacking white American and European culture. The author attacks white churches in America for not adapting their worship styles to be more accomodating to other cultures. In the previous chapter, though, he speaks very highly of a Native American church he had previously started specifically tailored to Native American culture. From the description, this certainly would not be a church I would feel comfortable in--not because I disagree with any of it, but simply because it is a drastically different culture from the one I know. I applaud the author for starting this kind of church, but I am offended that he goes on to attack white churches for catering to a different culture. He even makes small attacks throughout the book, like criticizing whites for not being in touch with nature enough to hear what the birds or trees have to tell them. Any cultural differences brought up in the book are clearly portrayed as whites having it wrong and other groups (usually Native Americans) having it right.

If you are interested in white America making restitution with Native Americans for past sins, I might recommend this book (although I still don't see nearly as many solutions posed by Woodley as griping). If you are interested in diversity, do NOT read this book. If you are required to read this by a seminary, I would encourage you to ask why they require such books that would outrage people if they attacked any people group other than whites in the way that this one does.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Randy Woodley is a man with a vision
Comment: Randy Woodley is a man with a vision-a vision of how God loves diversity. I just got done reading this book and I highly reccomend this to EVERYONE. Randy is not afraid to say some things that need to be said and understood in our nation today. He gives advice on reconcilation and restitution between the races that is simply some of the best advice I have heard. He points out how God has placed each one of us in our own cultures for a reason and that we should embrace what God has given us(While weeding out the aspects of our culture that is not pleasing to God) and not be ashamed of it. I greatly appreciated how this book points to the fact that missionaries(and the church in general) often make the mistake of pushing western culture on those they try to share the gospel with. This book made me cry and encouraged me to seek to better understand my own Creek Indian Heritage (I am also of mixed blood).READ THIS BOOK!!!!

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