Rescuing Jesus : How People of Color, Women, and Queer Christians are Reclaiming Evangelicalism (Hardcover)

from BookWallah

Like many others here, I had a hard time wrapping myself around this book. The case study examples of women, minorities, LGBT within the evangelical church were interesting to read, but I was less clear about where she wanted to take it. It felt like there was need for another final chapter to ti...

from atdCross

I give this book 3 stars for two reasons (1) it made me more aware of conservative evangelicalisms attitude, as a whole, as perceived by the liberal, progressive Christian culture, and (2) it has made me more sympathetic to the concerns of progressive liberal Christians. That doesn't mean I agree...

from mrsfiskeandco

This is an interesting book but I felt the author tackled too much to be particularly effective. These are three different issues and while running into "tradition" and "church politics" may be similar I felt perhaps she should have chosen one group issue and devoted her book to just that. I also...

from KLmesoftly

Despite the off-putting title this was an interesting, enlightening read - that said, it feels like a "first book" and has some issues with structure/content. The good: - a historical look at the formation of the "Religious Right" as political voting bloc. - an overview of present-day progressive...

from Kristinah

I rather enjoyed parts of this book. Lee was able to show how people of minority are trying to be a part of modern Christianity but I also feel that there could have been more to the book. The book is titled How people of color, women, and queer Christians are reclaiming evangelicalism, but I do ...