“Looking for a volume that takes DEI seriously, and even points a way forward, all the while offering serious pointed critiques as to the way it has functioned in recent years? You've come to the right place.”—CHARLES CAMOSY, Catholic University of America
“It is perhaps fitting that one of the most marginalized disciplines in the academy—Christian theology—here offers some of the most compelling ways to both think and act beyond the standstill of DEI’s lazy critics and defenders. After DEI? is a rare assembly of politically and theologically diverse reflections united by commitment to the common good and the dignity of the human person. Readers hoping for a more serious conversation about virtues and social institutions would do well to begin here.”—ERIC GREGORY, Princeton University
“We have come to an impasse on DEI; our arguments lined up like soldiers fighting either for or against it. The essays in After DEI? seek to help us find a way through the impasse by examining the theological heart of what is at issue. They explore what it could look like to welcome the excluded or neglected, and to repair social harms by shifting toward a conversation that centers lament, justice, care, and the role of engaged human community in the journey toward wholeness in an imperfect world.”—ANGEL ADAMS PARHAM, University of Virginia
“This book stems from a conference that turned out to be the most serious conversation I’ve ever had about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Now looking back on the state of these things, one wonders if the conversation, broadly cast, could have saved us from the madness of the present. At least we now have the book, and its possibilities for saving us.”—JONATHAN TRAN, Duke Divinity School
“The discussion over DEI is very predictable, in part because the anthropological commitments behind the various ‘sides’ lack enough substance to have ever resulted in anything interesting or generative. When the room grows too small, sometimes the window needs to be opened, and nothing opens a window into more space and fresh air like theology. Drawing on various theological sources and traditions, this work shows how to enliven a stale and predictable discourse, precisely by adding substance to what it means to be a person and to treat all persons with the dignity and justice they deserve.”—R.J. SNELL, Witherspoon Institute
