A Sin by Any Other Name
Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South
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Robert W. Lee
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January LaVoy
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A descendant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee chronicles his story of growing up with the South's most honored name, and the moments that forced him to confront the privilege, racism, and subversion of human dignity that came with it.
With a foreword by Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King.
The Reverend Robert W. Lee was a little-known pastor at a small church in North Carolina until the Charlottesville protests, when he went public with his denunciation of white supremacy in a captivating speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. Support poured in from around the country, but so did threats of violence from people who opposed the Reverend's message.
In this riveting memoir, he narrates what it was like growing up as a Lee in the South, an experience that was colored by the world of the white Christian majority. He describes the widespread nostalgia for the Lost Cause and his gradual awakening to the unspoken assumptions of white supremacy which had, almost without him knowing it, distorted his values and even his Christian faith. In particular, Lee examines how many white Christians continue to be complicit in a culture of racism and injustice, and how after leaving his pulpit, he was welcomed into a growing movement of activists all across the South who are charting a new course for the region.
A Sin by Any Other Name is a love letter to the South, from the South, by a Lee - and an unforgettable call for change and renewal.
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Critic reviews
“In April 1963, my father wrote to the clergy his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Now, fifty-five years later, Robert W. Lee IV, a descendant of General Robert E. Lee, has written the love letter to the church and to the South that you now hold in your hands.... Perhaps for such a time as this, in answer to my father’s prayer, God has raised up Robert W. Lee IV to join the cause of opening ‘the channels of communication between races.’” (Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King, from the book’s foreword)
“A Sin by Any Other Name is the rarest of books - a social justice coming of age memoir. In these pages, young pastor Robert Lee, a descendant of General Robert E Lee, grapples with his family history and invites southerners to finally come of age by facing their own history of racism.” (Diana Butler Bass, author of Grounded)
“One of the best things that happened to me over the last two years was getting to listen to Rev. Rob Lee talk - and not just talk, but share ideas of how we all can do a better as Christians, non-Christians, as human-beings. I think he may be on to something.” (Whoopi Goldberg)
“Lee shares his path to fighting for racial justice in this revealing memoir... open minded readers will appreciate Lee’s perspective on race in America as well as his story of working to overcome division, bigotry, and his own family’s fraught history.” (Publishers Weekly)
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- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Rob Schenck’s extraordinary life has been at the center of the intersection between evangelical Christianity and modern politics. Attacked by partisans on both sides of the aisle, he has been called a "right-wing hate monger", the "ultimate D.C. power-broker", a "traitor", and "turncoat." Now, this influential spiritual adviser to America’s political class chronicles his controversial, sometimes troubling career in this revelatory and often shocking memoir. He reflects on his path to God, his unconscious abandonment of his principles, and his return to the convictions that guide him.
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One of the most moving testimonials ever heard!
- By E. Wright on 07-10-18
By: Rob Schenck
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Does Jesus Really Love Me?
- A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America
- By: Jeff Chu
- Narrated by: Jeff Chu
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America is part memoir and part investigative analysis that explores the explosive and confusing intersection of faith, politics, and sexuality in Christian America. The quest to find an answer is at the heart of Does Jesus Really Love Me? - a personal journey of belief, an investigation, and a portrait of a faith and a nation at odds by award-winning reporter Jeff Chu.
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This Is Where I Found Hope in '20/'21
- By Josh on 01-24-21
By: Jeff Chu
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Dream with Me
- Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win
- By: John M. Perkins, Randy Alcorn - foreword
- Narrated by: Calvin Robinson
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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A trailblazer in the civil rights movement, John M. Perkins led voter registration efforts in 1964, worked for school desegregation in 1967, and was jailed and tortured in 1970. He is no less zealous today as he sees a new generation of freedom fighters battling the same issues and the same systems he has spent his life working to correct.
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Thoughts from a Christian elder
- By Adam Shields on 03-02-17
By: John M. Perkins, and others
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The Faith Club
- A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew - Three Women Search for Understanding
- By: Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, Priscilla Warner
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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After September 11, Ranya Idliby, an American Muslim of Palestinian descent, faced constant questions about Islam, God, and death from her children, the only Muslims in their classrooms. Inspired by a story about Muhammad, Ranya reached out to two other mothers to write an interfaith children's book that would highlight the connections between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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Wow I'm so glad I read this. I had no idea.
- By Michelle Pierce on 05-06-15
By: Ranya Idliby, and others
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Fully Alive
- Discovering What Matters Most
- By: Timothy Shriver
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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At a time when we are all more rudderless than ever, we look for the very best teachers and mentors to guide us. In Fully Alive, an unusual and gripping memoir, Timothy Shriver shows how his teachers have been the world's most forgotten minority: people with intellectual disabilities. In these pages we meet the individuals who helped him come of age and find a deeper and more meaningful way to see the world.
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Eye opening book
- By Robert J. Herman on 06-05-15
By: Timothy Shriver
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Seven More Men
- And the Secret of Their Greatness
- By: Eric Metaxas, Anne Morse
- Narrated by: John Behrens
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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In Seven More Men, the sequel to the enormously successful Seven Men, number one New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas offers more captivating stories of some of the most inspiring men in history. A gallery of greatness comes to life as Metaxas reveals men who faced insurmountable struggles and challenges with victorious resolve.
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Outstanding
- By PM on 10-21-20
By: Eric Metaxas, and others
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The Rejected Stone
- Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership
- By: Al Sharpton
- Narrated by: Al Sharpton
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Lord knows, Rev Al has had his personal and very public ups and downs - but he's come out bigger and better than ever. Though the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation is as fiery and outspoken as ever about the events and issues that matter most, he's learned that the only way we can get right as a nation is by getting right from within. In this, his first book in over a decade, Rev Al will take you behind the scenes of some unexpected places - from officiating Michael Jackson's funeral, hanging out with Jay-Z and President Barack Obama at the White House, to taking charge of the Trayvon Martin case.
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The Rev We Didn't Know
- By Yankee Registered Nurse on 03-21-24
By: Al Sharpton
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The Myth of the American Dream
- Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety and Power
- By: D.L. Mayfield
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power. These are the central values of the American dream. But are they actually compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves? In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ways they shape our own choices, and the ways those choices affect our neighbors. Where did these values come from? How have they failed those on the edges of our society? And how can we disentangle ourselves from our culture's headlong pursuit of these values and live faithful lives of service to God and our neighbors?
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Sooooo good. Powerful
- By D. Frazier on 08-19-21
By: D.L. Mayfield
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His Truth Is Marching On
- John Lewis and the Power of Hope
- By: Jon Meacham, John Lewis - afterword
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Jon Meacham
- Length: 10 hrs
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An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime US congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of America.
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Absolutely remarkable!
- By Janie on 08-30-20
By: Jon Meacham, and others
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Unfollow
- A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
- By: Megan Phelps-Roper
- Narrated by: Megan Phelps-Roper
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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At the age of five, Megan Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Founded by her grandfather and consisting almost entirely of her extended family, the tiny group would gain worldwide notoriety for its pickets at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy.
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Insightful, honest and engaging
- By C.B.E. on 11-28-19
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While the World Watched
- A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement
- By: Carolyn Maull McKinstry
- Narrated by: Felicia Bullock
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Fifteen-year-old Carolyn Maull McKinstry was just a few feet away when the Klan - planted bomb that killed four of her friends exploded in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It was one of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights movement, a sad day in American history…and the turning point in a young girl's life.
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Look Back and Live With Greater Understanding
- By jerrie Will on 05-07-21
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Having Nothing, Possessing Everything
- Finding Abundant Communities in Unexpected Places
- By: Michael Mather
- Narrated by: Trevor Thompson
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
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Pastor Mike Mather arrived in Indianapolis thinking that he was going to serve the poor. But after his church’s community lost nine young men to violence in a few short months, Mather came to see that the poor didn’t need his help - he needed theirs. This is the story of how one church found abundance in a community of material poverty. Viewing people - not programs, finances, or service models - as their most valuable resource moved church members beyond their own walls and out into the streets, where they discovered folks rich in strength, talents, determination, and love.
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Story filled reimagining of ministry
- By Adam Shields on 04-27-20
By: Michael Mather
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God and Ronald Reagan
- A Spiritual Life
- By: Paul Kengor
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Ronald Reagan is hailed today for a presidency that restored optimism to America, engendered years of economic prosperity, and helped bring about the fall of the Soviet Union. Yet until now little attention has been paid to the role Reagan's personal spirituality played in his political career, shaping his ideas, bolstering his resolve, and ultimately compelling him to confront the brutal - and, not coincidentally, atheistic - Soviet empire.
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Depth of info
- By Jan Waldrep on 09-01-24
By: Paul Kengor
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- Jay Jarvis
- 07-28-20
Good argument
Padtor Lee is from my home state and while I grow up recognize the injustice towards my black neighbors, I was not as naive as he expecting members of his church would accept his words. Though things have changed and I hope and pray for racial justice and reconciliation.
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- NCBigDog1
- 04-13-19
Wish more people had this type of courage.
I am not religious but I enjoyed hearing how Rev Lee is helping with socialjustice
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- anita wos
- 02-14-23
This Robert Lee will lead us toward our best.
"A Sin by Any Other Name" is a powerful message from someone whose family legacy could easily have been lazily ignored, thereby continuing the wrongs of previous generations. Instead, Reverend Robert W. Lee slices through the falsehoods that have been used to whitewash the evil of enslavement and racism. I look forward to reading Rob Lee's future books. Highly recommend.
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- Autumn
- 04-30-19
Powerful
As a white Southern pastor reckoning with the South's heritage of racism myself, this book was a balm for my soul. Lee's speaks prophetic hope that through God's grace, we can build a better future for the South and for our country rather than continue to obsess over our ugly racist baggage.
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