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5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, brief but consice history of Black church roots, June 16, 1999
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This review is from: Breaking Down Barriers: A Black Evangelical Explains the Black Church (Paperback)
A people must be understood in light of their history and Mr. Perry educates us and helps us understand the Black evangelical church in full light of their African AND African American experience. I've never put together the African American's African "roots" and how elements and roles have been carried over into practice in their history and the practice of their faith in the Americas to this present day. Books like Mr. Perry's are slowly but SURELY eroding my racial ignorance (that I never knew I had) as a white male in a multiracial society. For a relatively short book, a lot of ground is covered and covered well. I felt I was left a bit more enlightened and less prone to misunderstand my African American brothers and sisters. The first step in curing racism is admitting we posses it in varying degress and then seek a cure. Dwight Perry's "Breaking Down Barriers" is a recommended step to cure the disease of racism, especially for us "good white Christian folk"

Rosario Bellassai Student of Social Work Roberts Wesleyan College

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