Wisdom, health, honor, peace these revered ideals are now jeopardized, especially in African American life, claims author James Evans, by the towering social problems of North American society. Evans offers positive reinforcement for religious engagement and community involvement.

James H. Evans Jr. is Robert K. Davies Professor of Systematic Theology at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. He is the author of We Shall All Be Changed (1997), Modern Christian Thought: The Twentieth Century (2nd edition, 2006), and Playing: Christian Explorations of Daily Living (2010), all with Fortress Press.