Everybody's Shadow Is The Same Color: Biblical insights into prejudices, stereotypes, biases, and unjust inferences

by John H. Green, PhD

Overview

In a world so divided by sterotypes, biases, prejudices, labels, and inference injustices, there is a need to raise the awareness levels of immature thinking to a level of positive communication based on biblical insights. Biblical insights will assist all people of faith to work together in bringing wisdom solutions to a divided world. Common denominators found in the major religions of the world can bring more understanding of each other and less divisiveness.

Everybody's Shadow is the Same Color is based on biblical insights and personal experiences told in a way that brings a fresh approach to how people are more alike than different. For example, the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan becomes the parable of the Good Redneck based on a true life experience. In other words, good is as good does regardless of who we are or where we are born. Since so much of our religious beliefs divide people, this book is an attempt to recognize our uniqueness as individuals as well as our corporate likeness.

One other biblical story the book brings to light is the story of Peter and Cornelius in the book of Acts. Peter is hungry and while waiting for his food falls asleep. During his sleep Peter dreams of unclean animals. God appears in the dream and three times commands Peter to kill and eat the animals. Three times Peter refuses. God's response is that what He creates is not unclean. After Peter awakes he ponders the meaning of his vision. In the meantime Cornelius, a gentile, has a vision also about Peter, so he sends some of his people to invite Peter to his home. It is highly unusual that a Jew associates witha gentile, but Peter accepts the invitation. Peter realizes that his dream is connected and during the visit to home of Cornelius declares that God is, Lord of all."

In the book, Everybody's Shadow is the Same Color, the approach to this story in Acts is told with the main characters being the Pope and a Mormon. The title of this chapter is, "Guess who's coming to dinner?" The bottom line is that what God intends is that the insiders need to let the outsiders in! God is the Lord of all.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148892618
Publisher:	Publish Green
Publication date:	11/21/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Dr. John H. Green received his Ph. D. from Florida State University in communications and his Masters of Divinity from Emory University. He is presently a fulltime professor of commnication at St. Johns River State College on the St, Augustine, Florida campus. He has taught here for ten years. Dr. Green has taught high school and college full and part-time for over twenty years. He has served churches as an education director, pastor and administrator for over thirty years.

Dr. Green is the author of severl articles and poems. He is author of two books, "Elder Cool Time" and "Thou Shall Knot in Love and Marriage".

Dr. Green is married to Brenda Kay Miller Green. He refers to her as his steel magnolia as she has truly fulfilled the vow of loyalty in sickness and health. Dr. Green is the proud stepfather of two children, Robin and Bryan and four grandchildren, Sienna, Elie, Kate, and Jack.

Growing up in the deep south Dr. Green witnessed and understands the social evils that challenge the world today. He believes that people of all faiths must stand up to the evils of prejudices, biases,labels, and sterotypes. After all everybody's shadow is truly the same color.