ampampldquoIf reconciliation is the takeaway point for the civil rights story we usually tell then the takeaway point for the more complex more truthful civil rights story contained inampamp160Dear White Christiansampamp160is reparations.ampamprdquo ampampmdash from the preface to the second editionWith the troubling and painful events of the last several yearsampampmdashfrom the killing of numerous unarmed Black men and women at the hands of police to the rallying of white supremacists in Charlottesvilleampampmdashit is clearer than ever that the reconciliation paradigm long favored by white Christians has failed to heal the deep racial wounds in the church and American society. In this provocative book originally published in 2014 Jennifer Harvey argues for a radical shift away from the wellmeaning but feeble longing for reconciliation toward aampamp160robustly biblical call for reparations.ampamp160Now in its second editionampampmdashwith a new preface addressing the explosive changes in American culture and politics since 2014 as well as an appendix that explores what a reparations paradigm can actually look likeampampmdashDear White Christiansampamp160calls justicecommitted Christians to do the gospelinspired work of opposing racist social structures around them. Harveyampamprsquos message is historically and scripturally rooted making it ideal for facilitating the difficult but important discussions about race that are so desperately needed in churches and faithcentered classrooms across the country.