A History of the Gospel Paradox in American Christianity

On World Communion Sunday, Dr. William Yoo will preach and teach the Adult Education class for the day - “A History of the Gospel Paradox in American Christianity: When the Pursuit of Racial Justice Requires Confrontation.” Dr. Yoo is the author of the book What Kind of Christianity: A History of Slavery and Anti-Black Racism in the Presbyterian Church, which was part of a Racists Anonymous Fellowship Book Study recently here at Covenant.

Dr. Yoo has previously written about the transnational histories of American Protestant world missions in Korea and Korean American immigrant religious communities as well as the histories of Presbyterianism and Protestant theological education in the United States. His latest book covers the history and legacy of slavery and anti-Black racism in American Presbyterianism. His current research interests include tracing the histories of racial injustice, settler colonialism, and slavery in the United States and examining Indigenous, Black, and…