Fifteen Important Theology Books of 2024!
I am so honored to see my book, When God Became White, in the Englewood Review of Books’ 15 Important Theology Books of 2024! What a thrill.
When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity
Grace Ji-Sun Kim (IVP Books) [ Buy Now ]
When Western Christians think about God, the default image that comes to mind is usually white and male. How did that happen?
Christianity is rooted in the ancient Near East among people of darker skin. But over time, European Christians cast Jesus in their own image, with art that imagined a fair-skinned Savior in the style of imperial rulers. Grace Ji-Sun Kim explores the historical origins and theological implications of how Jesus became white and God became a white male. The myth of the white male God has had a devastating effect as it enabled Christianity to have a profoundly colonialist posture across the globe. Kim examines the roots of the distortion, its harmful impact on the world, and shows what it looks like to recover the biblical reality of a nonwhite, nongendered God. Rediscovering God as Spirit leads us to a more just faith and a better church and world.
My book When God Became White went into second print just 6 months after publication. I have been invited to speak on my book in Australia, Canada, and many American churches, seminaries, and universities. I am looking forward to speaking on it in Hawaii, the University of Pittsburgh, and many other events in 2025. (For booking inquiries, please email bookingsgracejisunkim@gmail.com)
Please read When God Became White together with Healing Our Broken Humanity co-written with Graham Joseph Hill as they are both from IVP. I am so excited that Healing Our Broken Humanity is now available as an audiobook.
Other Book Lists When God Became White can be found on":
Greg Smith’s 5 Star Books Published in 2024 (#2179).
Englewood Review of Books’ 2024 Advent Calendar of the Year’s Best Books!
Here are a few recent podcast interviews on my book When God Became White:
As you think about important books, please support Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints kickstarter. This book teaches kids (and their adults) stories that emphasize love, justice, kindness, and courage with an emphasis on including those voices often left out of religious narratives (such as the stories of women, LGBTQ people, people of color, Indigenous people, and more).
Let’s catch courage and inspiration from holy troublemaking people of faith. Please support their Kickstarter for Volume 2.
Special Events:
1.Please join Susan Shaw and I at the ORTLine25 Online Conference as we share our book Surviving God.
