The Healing Potential of Local Churches in Divided Times

Host Curtis Chang is joined by Dr. Hahrie Han, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins University and the Director of the SNF Agora Institute, to explore how evangelical churches relate to racial and political issues. Drawing from her research on a multi-ethnic evangelical church in Cincinnati and insights from Redeeming Babel's "The After Party" project, Dr. Han reveals how cross-racial relationships within faith communities can help heal racial division and foster deeper belonging. Listeners will discover why facing questions of race and politics head-on, rather than reducing them to political buzzwords, can transform divisive issues into shared experiences that unite communities.

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Join Curtis Chang in person:

• See Curtis Chang and David French at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC

• See Curtis Chang and Tim Alberta at Wheaton College

Referenced in this episode:

• Read Robert Putnam’s book Bowling Alone (Amazon)

• Learn more about Crossroads Church in Cincinnati

• Learn more about the Undivided Program

• Learn more about Pastor Chuck Mingo

• Listen to Curtis and David’s Good Faith conversation about “white replacement theory” with Chuck Mingo

• Listen to Curtis’s Good Faith conversation about churches who exploit political controversies with Chuck Mingo

Explore Hahrie Han’s work:

• Hahrie’s work at John Hopkins’s P3 Lab

• Read Hahrie Han’s book Undivided 

• Explore Hahrie Han’s other books HERE