DETHRONING RACE, how to live a more diverse and socially engaged life

256pp., illus., paperback, Stellenbosch, 2024

Pastor Ryan Saville on how South Africans can rediscover the richness of their diversity guided by a vision for biblical social change.

Includes actionable steps for individuals and communities to embrace inclusivity, foster understanding, work towards a more equitable society and cope with racial trauma.

"Saville offers South Africans and those beyond the nation's beautiful and racially complex borders a self-reflective, theologically rich, and practical look at socialisation, racism, and the Christian faith ... Not merely an academic work, this book preaches and, if one is willing, grows the imagination of the reader toward reparative and faith-directed justice. Dethroning Race is a thoughtful, timely, and needed addition to the growing body of works by Christian anti-racists." Dr Christine Edmondson, author of Faithful Antiracism

Ryan Saville is pastor at GodFirst Church in Fourways, Johannesburg.