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Black & African Diaspora

What does it look like to live fully into your identity as both a Black or African American person and a child of God? These books offer companionship, personal stories, and theological perspectives on topics like ethnic identity and racial justice. You can also meet all of IVP's Black authors or read articles on the Black experience.

Threads of Freedom: Illustrated Stories of Black History’s Unsung Heroes, By Sandra Scott-Revelle
Threads of Freedom
Sandra Scott-Revelle
Don't Despise Our Youth: Renewing Hope for Urban Youth Ministry, By David A Washington
Don't Despise Our Youth
David A Washington
Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around: How the Black Church's Public Witness Leads Us out of the Culture War, By Justin Giboney
Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around
Justin Giboney
Grace to Overcome: 31 Devotions on God's Work Through Black History, By Bryan C. Loritts
Grace to Overcome
Bryan Loritts
Ordinary Heroes of Racial Justice: A History of Christians in Action, By Karen J. Johnson
Ordinary Heroes of Racial Justice
Karen J. Johnson
Front Porch Wisdom: Navigating Leadership Pressures and Barriers as a Woman of Color, By Froswa' Booker-Drew
Front Porch Wisdom
Froswa' Booker-Drew
Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope, By Jasmine L. Holmes
Mother to Son
Jasmine Holmes
Black Woman Grief: A Guide to Hope and Wholeness, By Natasha Smith
Black Woman Grief
Natasha Smith
Swing Low, volume 1: A History of Black Christianity in the United States, By Walter R. Strickland II
Swing Low, volume 1
Walter Robert Strickland
Swing Low, volume 1: A History of Black Christianity in the United States, By Walter R. Strickland II
Swing Low, volume 1
Walter Robert Strickland
Swing Low, volume 2: An Anthology of Black Christianity in the United States
Swing Low, volume 2
Swing Low, volume 2: An Anthology of Black Christianity in the United States
Swing Low, volume 2
Untangling Critical Race Theory: What Christians Need to Know and Why It Matters, By Ed Uszynski
Untangling Critical Race Theory
Edward Thomas Uszynski
All God's Children: How Confronting Buried History Can Build Racial Solidarity, By Terence Lester
All God's Children
Terence Lester
Josey Johnson's Hair and the Holy Spirit, By Esau McCaulley
Josey Johnson's Hair and the Holy Spirit
Esau McCaulley
Beyond Racial Division: A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindness and Antiracism, By George A. Yancey
Beyond Racial Division
George Yancey
Young, Gifted, and Black: A Journey of Lament and Celebration, By Sheila Wise Rowe
Young, Gifted, and Black
Sheila Rowe
Cradling Abundance: One African Christian's Story of Empowering Women and Fighting Systemic Poverty, By Monique Misenga Ngoie Mukuna
Cradling Abundance
Monique Misenga Ngoie Mukuna
More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel, By Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice
More Than Equals
Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice
The Coming Race Wars: A Cry for Justice, from Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter, By William Pannell
The Coming Race Wars
William E Pannell
Permission to Be Black: My Journey with Jay-Z and Jesus, By A. D.
Permission to Be Black
Adam David Thomason
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope, By Esau McCaulley
Reading While Black
Esau McCaulley
Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion, By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Reconstructing the Gospel
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Free at Last?: The Gospel in the African American Experience, By Carl F. Ellis Jr.
Free at Last?
Carl F. Ellis
Soul Care in African American Practice, By Barbara L. Peacock
Soul Care in African American Practice
Barbara Peacock