Rev. Adam Russell Taylor is president of Sojourners, an ecumenical Christian organization that works to advance justice and peace. He previously led the Faith Initiative at the World Bank Group, served as Vice President of Advocacy at World Vision U.S., was cofounder and executive director of Global Justice, and was selected as a White House Fellow under the Obama administration. A graduate of the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Taylor is ordained in the American Baptist Church and the Progressive National Baptist Convention and serves at the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Foreword by Representative John Lewis Prologue Introduction Why America Must Be Reborn Part I THE VISION E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One Reimagining the Beloved Community Embracing a Bigger Story of Us PART II BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE BELOVED COMMUNITY Unmasking America's Myths Telling the Whole Truth to Set Us Free Overcoming Toxic Polarization Redeeming Patriotism Part III BEATITUDES OF THE BELOVED COMMUNITY The Imago Dei Imperative Radical Welcome Ubuntu Interdependence Prioritizing Nonviolence Stewarding the Environment Dignity for All Reinventing Our Democracy Epilogue: Where We Go from Here