Foreword / by Thabiti Anyabwile -- Introduction : commit to change -- Develop your cultural identity -- Move beyond stereotypes -- Embrace cultural discomfort -- Rethink code switching, privileges, and rights -- Avoid cultural appropriation -- Don't expect people to come to you -- Redefine fluency -- Change your perspective on justice -- Conclusion : don't give up.
Summary:
"In today's racially diverse world, Christians can no longer ignore discussions about cultural identity and cross-cultural engagement. We need a guide to navigate relationships with people who have different cultural and ethnic backgrounds than we do in a way that leads to real connections. In Becoming All Things, Michelle Ami Reyes offers a discussion on the challenges surrounding cross-cultural relationships in America today, including the reasons for cultural difference, stereotyping, appropriation, gentrification, racism, and more"--adapted from back cover. "Many of us want to have diverse friends and are passionate about justice. but if we are serious about cross-cultural relationships--real relationships that lead to understanding, healing, and solidarity across cultural lines--we need to be willing to change. And that's not something that comes easy. Seeking to deconstruct the challenges of culture in our own lives, Reyes focuses on the concept of cultural accommodation in I Corinthians 9:19-23 and looks at the ways we need to adapt who we are in order to become all things to all people. The problems inherent in cross-cultural relationships have to do with us. We have to do better"--book jacket.
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