Scan barcode
A review by raben_76325
Revolution of Values: Reclaiming Public Faith for the Common Good by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
5.0
Book 74 of 2020. When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called for a “revolution of values,” he was discussing the face that Americans needed a revolution that put people ahead of things. The areas of revolution needed to included poverty, race relations and American militarism.
Fifty years later, guided by King’s work, Wilson-Hartgrove claims that Americans still need a revolution of values in these areas, especially as the target morality areas that are typical to white evangelicals often neglect or exacerbate these problems.
Hargrove examines immigration, poverty, women’s rights, race relations, voter rights and even evangelical relationships to science to show that morality is not clearly defined by any one political party of movement.
The stories he tells along the way are moving, and I, as a fairly sensitive person, found myself reading this book in small doses as reading too much at once was emotionally overwhelming. When there’s so much that needs change, it’s quite hard to know where to even start working.
This is a deeply moving and compelling book. The only drawback to be noted is that, at times, Hartgrove crosses a line into a criticism of conservatism and conservative Christianity that risks alienating a large part of the people who he is trying to reach. It would be easy to pick up this book and be repelled by his criticism of the establishment However, given the lives and souls at stake, Hartgrove’s passionate criticism of the establishment is warranted.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fifty years later, guided by King’s work, Wilson-Hartgrove claims that Americans still need a revolution of values in these areas, especially as the target morality areas that are typical to white evangelicals often neglect or exacerbate these problems.
Hargrove examines immigration, poverty, women’s rights, race relations, voter rights and even evangelical relationships to science to show that morality is not clearly defined by any one political party of movement.
The stories he tells along the way are moving, and I, as a fairly sensitive person, found myself reading this book in small doses as reading too much at once was emotionally overwhelming. When there’s so much that needs change, it’s quite hard to know where to even start working.
This is a deeply moving and compelling book. The only drawback to be noted is that, at times, Hartgrove crosses a line into a criticism of conservatism and conservative Christianity that risks alienating a large part of the people who he is trying to reach. It would be easy to pick up this book and be repelled by his criticism of the establishment However, given the lives and souls at stake, Hartgrove’s passionate criticism of the establishment is warranted.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️