Faculty Books | Wheaton

Alvaro Nieves, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology

This Side of Heaven

(Oxford University Press, 2007)

Chair of sociology and anthropology Dr. Alvaro Nieves co-edits this collection of essays that evaluates the ways in which Christian communities, practices, and discourses have been influenced by racial ideologies. Wheaton colleagues Drs. Vincent Bacote, Brian Howell, Steve Kang, Derek McNeil, Carlos Pozzi, and Kersten Bayt Priest also contribute interdisciplinary insights to this volume, which addresses issues such as the history of Christian churches and leaders in relation to slavery, segregation, and apartheid; the biblical texts and doctrines that have historically been applied and are relevant to the racial and ethnic crises of our day; the ways in which religious leaders have constructively engaged such crises; and others.