Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Adults, May 2023
Prepared by Alvin R. Blount
Diocese of East Tennessee
Salvation: The Journey from Here to Eternity
-Kim Brooks
-Kindle $6.99
-paperback $14.49
-136 pages
-Xulon Press
-2023
-description: Dr. Brooks is a wife, mother, physician, minister, Sunday School teacher, and local preacher at Greater Warner AME Zion Church, Knoxville, the oldest African American congregation in East Tennessee and served as a station on the Underground Railroad. After almost losing her infant son in an accident, the author was led to a rewarding relationship with Jesus Christ. Salvation is a travel guide to lead one to spiritual maturity.
Brooks, K. (2023). Salvation: The Journey from Here to Eternity. Xulon Press.
Twelve Steps to Religionless Spirituality: The Power of Spirituality with or without God
-Ward B. Ewing
-Kindle $9.99
-hardcover $29.40
-paperback $26.85
-220 pages
-Cascade Books
-2021
-description: Ewing says that Twelve Step spirituality is pragmatic, not focused on theory. This all-inclusive process is intended for all who desire to stop drinking. It seeks honesty, which is often painful, but those who are Christians, atheists, agnostics, Jewish, Muslim, free thinkers, and all faiths will find it relevant and very useful. The Very Rev. Ward Ewing is a former Dean and President of General Theological Seminary and has retired to his native Tennessee. He is the author of several books and adult education programs through the University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee.
Ewing, W. B. (2021). Twelve Steps to Religionless Spirituality: The Power of Spirituality with or without God. Cascade Books.
Standing in the Need of Prayer
-Nikki Giovanni
-Emily Calvo, illustrator
-Kindle $2.99
-paperback $10.00
-48 pages
-On Kindle Scribe
-2020
-description: Giovanni has borrowed the title of the traditional Spiritual to poetically describe the vulnerability of Black men in America, particularly regarding gun violence. This work is a call for prayers to protect those affected by systemic racism, and includes poems by Jordan Holmes and Pulitzer Prize winner, Jericho Brown.
Giovanni, N. (2020). Standing in the Need of Prayer. On Kindle Scribe.
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
-Cathy Park Hong
-Kindle $8.99
-hardcover $13.76
-paperback $11.59
-224 pages
-One World
-2020
-description: This New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize Finalist is a blend of history, memoir, and facts regarding racial consciousness in America in the form of essays using the author’s personal experiences, humor, and reflection.
Hong, C. P. (2020). Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. One World.
Jesus Has Left the Building
-Peter Keese
-Kindle $9.99
-paperback $10.85
-90 pages
-Wipf & Stock
-2014
-description: Father Keese proposes that good news is larger than any church can imagine, and that good news is everywhere or all-encompassing. He writes that Jesus has invited us to come along where life is to be experienced and enjoyed. The author is a retired Episcopal priest who served in the Diocese of East Tennessee, in addition to serving as Director of Clinical Pastoral Education at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville.
Keese, P. (2014). Jesus Has Left the Building. Wipf & Stock.
The Groom Will Keep His Name: And Other Vows I’ve Made About Race, Resistance, and Romance
-Matt Ortile
-Kindle $9.99
-paperback $13.99
-336 pages
-Bold Type Books
-2020
-description: These essays by a gay Filipino man have been described as “witty and captivating.” The immigrant to America was harassed as a kid for everything that defined him, and believed the myth that marrying a white man and shedding his own identity would help him belong.
Ortile, M. (2020). The Groom Will Keep His Name: And Other Vows I’ve Made About Race, Resistance, and Romance. Bold Type Books.
Podcasts
CNBC Television. (2021, February 12). More than 2,500 hate crimes reported against Asian-Americans in 2020 [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ptMZfekZNto
The Try Guys. (2021, March 24). We Need to Talk About Anti-Asian Hate [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/14WUuya94QE