Baker Academic Spring 2024 Catalog

Also of Interest to Professors from Brazos Press

Flannery O’Connor’s Why Do the Heathen Rage? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress Jessica Hooten Wilson Afterword by Steve Prince In this work of literary excavation, an award-winning author transcribes, compiles, and organizes a final, unfinished novel by Flannery O’Connor.

“Hooten Wilson has performed a true labor of love here, for which the literary world will be wildly grateful.” —GEORGE SAUNDERS, New York Times bestselling author of Man Booker Prize winner Lincoln in the Bardo

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NOW AVAILABLE 192 pp. • cloth • $24.99 • 9781587436185

Jessica Hooten Wilson (PhD, Baylor University) is the Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University.

How Ableism Fuels Racism Dismantling the Hierarchy of Bodies in the Church Lamar Hardwick

A Black autistic pastor and disability scholar helps the contemporary church understand the connections between ableism and racism and how to dismantle both in attitudes and practices.

“A mix of insightful theology, historical research, and personal narrative, this book is necessary reading for anyone who seeks justice in the church.” —AMY KENNY, Disability Cultural Center, Georgetown University; author of My Body Is Not a Prayer Request

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Lamar Hardwick (DMin, Liberty University) is the lead pastor of Tri-Cities Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a graduate of the Yale Divinity School Clergy Scholar Program and Georgia Forward’s Young Gamechangers program.

NOW AVAILABLE 192 pp. • paper • $19.99 • 9781587436123

Forgiveness after Trauma A Path to Find Healing and Empowerment Susannah Griffith

The church’s teachings on forgiveness often fail victims and survivors of abuse. This book reclaims forgiveness by centering and empowering survivors.

“Through her own story of trauma and recovery, Griffith gently urges readers to discover the many facets of forgiveness, paving a way forward after harm.” —TIFFANY BLUHM, speaker and author of Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell the Truth and How Everyone Can Speak Up

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Susannah Griffith (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is an independent scholar whose work fo- cuses on the intersection of biblical studies and trauma. She is also a minister advocating for the marginalized outside the walls of the church.

MARCH 2024 208 pp. • paper • $19.99 • 9781587435973

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