Decolonize Your Faith This Lent: A Reading List

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This Lent, I urge you to:

  • Create a book club.
  • Gather with a few friends over coffee and talk through ideas of decolonization.
  • Challenge yourself at home and in the workplace to fight toxic stereotypes.
  • Re-educate yourself about the history of the United States and the church’s role in empire.
  • Grieve, and don’t be afraid of what the wilderness might show you.

Books are always a great place to begin the journey.

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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