Listening as Hosts - Paperback

by Sam Codington (Author), Cláudio Carvalhaes (Foreword by)

White supremacy and racialized violence have animated much of society and church in the United States. Many people of goodwill are grasping for what to do in the face of such broad-reaching and painful wounds. From tracing the emergence of the modern concept of race to observing the evolution of Confederate monuments, Listening as Hosts: Liturgically Facing Colonization and White Supremacy crafts a picture of these historical dynamics and seeks to offer forms of liturgical resistance for churches and spiritual communities. Pastors, spiritual leaders, churches, and people of no faith at all will find invitations to listen deeply, to discard oppressive expressions of Christianity, and to search for community with one another and with the earth.

Author Biography

Sam Codington is the pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in the College Area of San Diego, California. He was the moderator of San Diego Presbytery (2023). He served as a commissioner to the 225^th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). He received a master of divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary and a doctor of ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary. He is married to Esther, and they have a son, Ezra.