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The Stigma of Color: How Racismo Violates the Two Great Commandments is a book for every Christian who wants to understand the roots of racism, its consequences, and how we can confront it in the Church and in society.
Although the Bible clearly teaches that all human beings possess inherent dignity because they are created in the image of God, the Church of Christ is not immune to a structural problem that continues to afflict society: racism — a subject still insufficiently explored among Christians.
The Stigma of Color incisively demonstrates how racism violates Christ's two greatest commandments — “Love the Lord your God with all your heart” and “love your neighbor as yourself” — addressing the mess such as slavery, colonialism, violence against women, resentment, and social inequality.
Drawing on the witness of Scripture and a wide theological canon — from Esau McCaulley and Jemar Tisby to C.S. Lewis, Miroslav Volf, Angela Davis, and Martin Luther King Jr. — Jacira Pontinta Monteiro argues that the biblical approach is the only one capable of avoiding extremism: “I know I will only find my footing when I am more like Jesus and less likeJacira.”
This book demonstrates that denouncing racism as sin is not enough. We must act in defense of human dignity — intentionally and integrally. After all, it is impossible to love God, whom we cannot see, if we are incapable of loving our neighbor who cries out before our eyes.
The roots of racism in the doctrine of the fall and colonization
The Church's historical complicity in slavery and injustice
The exclusion of Black women from models of biblical femininity
The "Cain Syndrome": indifference toward the suffering neighbor
Anger, resentment, and the biblical path forward
Practical steps for churches seeking racial reconciliation
“Black lives matter because Christ said so — not because a social movement said so.” — Jacira Pontinta Monteiro
The Stigma of Color: How Racismo Violates the Two Great Commandments is a book for every Christian who wants to understand the roots of racism, its consequences, and how we can confront it in the Church and in society.
Although the Bible clearly teaches that all human beings possess inherent dignity because they are created in the image of God, the Church of Christ is not immune to a structural problem that continues to afflict society: racism — a subject still insufficiently explored among Christians.
The Stigma of Color incisively demonstrates how racism violates Christ's two greatest commandments — “Love the Lord your God with all your heart” and “love your neighbor as yourself” — addressing the mess such as slavery, colonialism, violence against women, resentment, and social inequality.
Drawing on the witness of Scripture and a wide theological canon — from Esau McCaulley and Jemar Tisby to C.S. Lewis, Miroslav Volf, Angela Davis, and Martin Luther King Jr. — Jacira Pontinta Monteiro argues that the biblical approach is the only one capable of avoiding extremism: “I know I will only find my footing when I am more like Jesus and less likeJacira.”
This book demonstrates that denouncing racism as sin is not enough. We must act in defense of human dignity — intentionally and integrally. After all, it is impossible to love God, whom we cannot see, if we are incapable of loving our neighbor who cries out before our eyes.
The roots of racism in the doctrine of the fall and colonization
The Church's historical complicity in slavery and injustice
The exclusion of Black women from models of biblical femininity
The "Cain Syndrome": indifference toward the suffering neighbor
Anger, resentment, and the biblical path forward
Practical steps for churches seeking racial reconciliation
“Black lives matter because Christ said so — not because a social movement said so.” — Jacira Pontinta Monteiro