Description: We humans are the result of generations of actions, some random and many intentional. The practices, rituals and beliefs of our ancestors can shape us in beautiful or harmful ways, sometimes without our awareness. Rebels, Despots, & Saints helps us to learn from our ancestors' struggles, failures and triumphs, and it helps us connect with the ancestors we didn't know we could claim for our own spiritual work of justice.
Brief description: Sandhya Rani Jha is an author, speaker, anti-racism trainer/consultant, ordained minister, and the founder of the Bay area's Oakland Peace Center. Sandhya's most recent book is Liberating Love: 365 Love Notes from God.
Review Quotes: Former director of the Oakland Peace Center and a veteran of 25+ years of grassroots anti-racism and anti-oppression organizing leadership, Rev. Sandhya Jha here reckons with her role as a trusted mentor/elder to younger justice activists wrestling with "complex intersections of their identity." Emerging from her own complex, multilayered family history, Jha recognizes that genealogy can be difficult; she describes "romanticized," "embarrassing," "overlooked," and "atrocious" ancestors. For those who particularly struggle with our biological lineage, we are invited to (re-)claim our cultural, movement, and spiritual ancestral "trees" as well.
-- Fellowship magazine