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This Is Going to Hurt

Name: This Is Going to Hurt
ISBN: 9781467467070

Following Jesus in a Divided America

Bekah McNeel,

208 pages
English
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eBook - ePub

This Is Going to Hurt

Following Jesus in a Divided America

Bekah McNeel,

About this book

"If you see me at a party and I'm speaking, you need to come rescue the person I'm talking to, because they are not having a good?time. Or better yet, I?would like to invite you, the reader, into the corner with me to talk about the story I write over and over again: People are?suffering."

In her career as a journalist, Bekah McNeel has encountered (and written about) a lot of suffering. After all, the most polarizing topics in US politics all revolve around suffering. But when confronted with these stories of suffering, many people respond not with action, but by offering counterstories that justify their lack of compassion.

This set Bekah wondering: Whose suffering do we try to alleviate? Whose do we ignore? And how should our faith guide how we approach these debates?

In This Is Going to Hurt, Bekah analyzes the narratives surrounding six hot-button issues—immigration, COVID, abortion, critical race theory, gun violence, and climate change. For each topic, she exposes how "us versus them" thinking leads us to turn a blind eye to injustice. She also offers an alternative perspective on each issue, based on a sensitive reading of the gospel.

Amid culture wars that goad us to take up arms, Bekah reminds us that Christ calls us to take up our cross. Humorous and insightful, This Is Going to Hurt offers a breath of fresh air for readers seeking a nuanced and authentically Christian mode of political engagement.
Foreword Reviews INDIES Book of the Year Award in Religion Finalist (2024)

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