White Jesus: The Architecture of Racism in Religion and Education engages the difficult conversation regarding the practice of Christianity in the United States and its inseparable connection to the White supremacy and racism that mars the history of the United States and much of White American Christianity. The book begins with a poignant description of the stark reality of racism in religion. It ends with a summary of proposed, yet necessary changes that could be catalyzed by Christians who follow Jesus without changing him into a self-protecting image of themselves. In White Jesus, Jun, Jones Jolivet, Ash, and Collins hope to engage in a conversation to expose the past realities of complicity in attitudes and actions that perpetuate racism on the part of much of U.S. Christianity and to construct a more biblical theology that is void of the idol of a human-made White Jesus.

Reviewed by:

Jeff Clawson

Asuza Pacific University

Asuza, California

Books on leadership are myriad, but books that dissect the presuppositions of leadership are few. In Ecclesial Leadership as Friendship, Chloe Lynch serves the church with thorough scholarship as she carefully analyzes models that shape the ecclesiastical scene. Managerial (12) and servant leadership (63) paradigms receive attention due to their infiltration in ecclesial models. Managerial patterns seek to shape the church’s work in organizational categories mimicking business styles (19). Servant- leader patterns seek to find refuge in Jesus’ servant work on earth but fail to adequately conceptualize a holistic understanding of the telos of Jesus’ earthly ministry. Furthermore, such models tend to proof-text their ways through Scriptures, which end up presenting a less-than-divine Christ.

Reviewed by:

Uriesou Brito

Providence Church (CREC)

Pensacola, Florida