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Revive Us Again

Vision and Action in Moral Organizing

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A collection of sermons and speeches that lay out a groundbreaking vision for intersectional organizing, paired with inspirational and practical essays from activists in today’s Poor People’s Campaign
The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II has been called “the closest person we have to Martin Luther King Jr. in our midst” (Cornel West) and “one of the most gifted organizers and orators in the country today” (Ari Berman). In this age of political division and civic unrest, Rev. Barber’s message is more necessary than ever. This volume features Rev. Barber’s most stirring sermons and speeches, with response essays by prominent public intellectuals, activists, and faith leaders. Drawing from the history of social movements in the US, especially the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign, Rev. Barber and the contributors to this volume speak to the most pressing issues of our time, including Black Lives Matter, the fight for a $15 minimum wage, the struggle to protect voting rights, the march for women’s rights, and the movement to overcome poverty and unite the dispossessed across all dividing lines. Grounded in the fundamental biblical theme of poor and oppressed people taking action together, the book suggests ways to effectively build a fusion movement to make America fair and just for everyone.
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    • Kirkus

      September 15, 2018
      A collection of Christianly-inflected calls for social justice.The heart of this book is a batch of speeches and sermons by activist and minister Barber (The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear, 2016), the president of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP. Calling for a "moral movement...rooted in the constitutional and sacred values of compassion, empathy, and courageous dedication to the common good," he advocates for a living wage, denounces "apartheid redistricting" and the Supreme Court's attacks on voting rights, demands quality public education and accessible health care, criticizes the death penalty, and insists that "it's time for America to have a grown-up conversation about race." Barber grounds his arguments in Scripture--in particular, the Hebrew prophets--and the Constitution. For example, he notes that the First Amendment gives Americans the right to disagree about topics like LGBTQ rights, but the 14th Amendment means that we cannot "enact laws that, because of our religious or private conviction, remove equal protection of the law from any citizen." Often, Barber's stirring rhetoric--his use of anaphora, his skillful interweaving of academic research with folksy quotes from his grandmother--radiates off the page. Each of the author's addresses is followed by a response from a friend or colleague: Environmentalist Karenna Gore riffs on Barber's call for action on climate change; peace activist Jodie Evans comments on his denunciations of Islamophobia; historian Timothy Tyson locates Barber in the traditions of Afro-Christianity and the blues. A few of the other contributions feel like padding. In early, clunky chapters, Lowery and Theoharis ploddingly argue that the biblical God cared about liberation and the biblical writers cared about the poor. Martin Luther King Jr. might be considered another contributor, given how frequently Barber invokes him.Inspiring, though not as inspiring as actually hearing Barber at the mic.

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