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He is working to establish a program for Christian Studies at the University of North Texas. More recently, he began to study academic bias and has conducted research on anti-Christian attitudes in the United States. His initial areas of study addressed interracial romance and multiracial churches. Yancey attended the University of Texas at Austin and received a doctorate in sociology.

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The sessions were part of the fall semester's back-to-school professional development.Īfter graduating West Texas State University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, Dr. His visit was facilitated by the Faith and Disciplines Committee, in cooperation with the Faculty Development Committee and the New Faculty Orientation Committee. He met with faculty, staff and administration from numerous departments across campus on the topic of understanding racial issues, biases and perspectives in the Christian higher education environment. George Yancey, professor of sociology at the University of North Texas, visited the OBU campus Aug. Part two offers a new 'mutual responsibility' model, which acknowledges that both majority and minority cultures have their own challenges, tendencies, and sins to repent of, and that people of different races approach racial reconciliation and justice in differing but complementary ways.Yancey's vision offers hope that people of all races can walk together on a shared path-not as adversaries, but as partners.Yancey Leads Sessions on Understanding Racial Issues in Higher Educationĭr. The first part of the book analyzes four secular models regarding race used by Christians (colorblindness, Anglo-conformity, multiculturalism and white responsibility) and shows how each has its own advantages and limitations. Adding to this complex situation is the reality that Christians of different races see the issues differently.Sociologist George Yancey surveys a range of approaches to racial healing that Christians have used and offers a new model for moving forward. Many proposed solutions have been helpful, but these only take us so far. If pastors and lay leaders were to read this book and humbly take its principles to heart, we could see a change in race relations in this country, and our churches could be a multiracial witness to the world of reconciliation, healing and grace.-Greg Bowman, Baptist Standard, FebruRead moreĬhristians have struggled with racial issues for centuries, and often inadvertently contribute to the problem.

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Anyone who wants to have a serious discussion about racial issues in American culture must crack open this book!'ĭavid Anderson, Founder and Senior Pastor of Bridgeway Community Church, President of BridgeLeader Network, and nationally syndicated radio talk show host The best part about his work is that he gives us the ultimate solution that attacks the race problem at its core. 'George Yancey has taken the complexity of the racial issue and has distilled it into a clear and comprehensive diagnosis. Greg Bowman, Baptist Standard, February 5, 2007 If pastors and lay leaders were to read this book and humbly take its principles to heart, we could see a change in race relations in this country, and our churches could be a multiracial witness to the world of reconciliation, healing and grace. This book is useful not only for casual readers who wish to develop a broader perspective on the issue of racism but also for seminary courses on race relations.” Part two offers a new 'mutual responsibility' model, which acknowledges that both majority and minority cultures have their own challenges, tendencies, and sins to repent of, and that people of different races approach racial reconciliation and justice in differing but complementary ways.Yancey's vision offers hope that people of all races can walk together on a shared path-not as adversaries, but as partners. Christians have struggled with racial issues for centuries, and often inadvertently contribute to the problem.

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