{"id":34465,"date":"2013-10-25T02:33:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T02:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=34465"},"modified":"2013-10-25T02:33:14","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T02:33:14","slug":"jesus-for-revolutionaries-an-introduction-to-race-social-justice-and-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=34465","title":{"rendered":"Jesus for Revolutionaries: An Introduction to Race, Social Justice, and Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/robert-chao-romero\/jesus-for-revolutionaries-an-introduction-to-race-social-justice-and-christianity\/paperback\/product-21243832.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus for Revolutionaries: An Introduction to Race, Social Justice, and Christianity<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robert Chao Romero<br \/>\n2013-10-07<br \/>\n262 pages<br \/>\n5.83 wide x 8.26 tall<br \/>\nPaperback ISBN: 9781304513984<br \/>\neBook ISBN: 9781304531063<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:robertchaoromero@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Chao Romero<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor of Chicana\/o Studies and Asian American Studies<br \/>\n<em>University of California, Los Angeles<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/robert-chao-romero\/jesus-for-revolutionaries-an-introduction-to-race-social-justice-and-christianity\/paperback\/product-21243832.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.lulu.com\/browse\/product_thumbnail.php?productId=21243832&amp;resolution=320\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you a &#8220;revolutionary&#8221;? Are you curious about exploring issues of race and social justice from a Christian perspective? This book by UCLA Professor and Pastor, Robert Chao Romero, is for you!<\/p>\n<p>Topics covered include: a biblical framework for understanding poverty, race, and gender; undocumented immigration; politics; affirmative action; mixed race issues; Christian social justice pioneers; and, an introduction to the Christian world of social justice and community development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreword<\/li>\n<li>Preface<\/li>\n<li>Introduction: Student Stories from the Revolution<\/li>\n<li>1. God&#8217;s &#8220;Equal Protection Clause&#8221;: The Biblical Basis for Social justice<\/li>\n<li>2. Jesus Was An Immigrant<\/li>\n<li>3. &#8220;A Day Without A Mexican&#8221;: The Essential Economic Contributions of Undocumented Immigrants<\/li>\n<li>4. &#8220;Secure Communities&#8221; Destroys Immigrant Families<\/li>\n<li>5. God Loves &#8220;Dreamers&#8221;: Undocumented Youth and Comprehensive Immigration Reform<\/li>\n<li>6. Jesus Invented Affirmative Action<\/li>\n<li>7. The Case for Affirmative Action Today<\/li>\n<li>8. Jesus and the Tea Party: Politics and Christianity<\/li>\n<li>9. <strong>&#8220;<em>Chino-Chicano<\/em>&#8220;: A Biblical Framework for Diversity<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>10. Colorblindness, Structural Inequality, and Trayvon Martin<\/li>\n<li>11. Gender<\/li>\n<li>12. Class<\/li>\n<li>13. Summing Up the Image of God: Neither Jew nor Gentile, Male nor Female, Slave nor Free<\/li>\n<li>14. Manifest Destiny? The Historical Misrepresentation of Christianity<\/li>\n<li>15. God Never Leaves Himself Without A Witness: MLK, Cesar Chavez, and other Social Justice Pioneers<\/li>\n<li>16. Modern-Day Revolutionaries<\/li>\n<li>17. Join the Revolution!<\/li>\n<li>Appendix I: A Faith and Justice Manifesto<\/li>\n<li>Appendix II: More Resources for the Budding Revolutionary\u2014Books, Films, and Immigration<\/li>\n<li>Appendix III: PraXis Groups and The 4-Part Study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus for Revolutionaries: An Introduction to Race, Social Justice, and Christianity Robert Chao Romero 2013-10-07 262 pages 5.83 wide x 8.26 tall Paperback ISBN: 9781304513984 eBook ISBN: 9781304531063 Robert Chao Romero, Associate Professor of Chicana\/o Studies and Asian American Studies University of California, Los Angeles Are you a &#8220;revolutionary&#8221;? 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