A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
A church leader’s call for institutional surrender, solidarity, and re-formation after racial injustice and institutional decline expose old arrangements.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It interprets institutional fracture as a possible opening for surrender, solidarity, and a different use of power. That makes it useful for travelers deciding whether a damaged church can change without returning to its former center.
Good starting place if…
You care about the future of Christian community but suspect renewal will require more than restoring attendance, influence, or familiar institutional forms.
Know before you begin…
Spellers writes from an Episcopal, womanist-informed Christian location and addresses churches implicated in racial hierarchy and cultural privilege. Her call is theological and constructive, not a neutral organizational diagnosis.