White evangelical racism : the politics of morality in America
Anthea D. Butler
Bok · Engelsk · 2021
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| Omfang | 164 sider
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| Opplysninger | "A Ferris and Ferris book". - Introduction: Evangelical Racism: A Feature, Not a Bug -- The Racist Foundations of Evangelicalism in the Nineteenth Century -- Saving the Nation: Fervor, Fear, and Challenges to Jim Crow -- Whitewashing Racism and the Rise of the Religious Right -- How Firm a Foundation: A Twenty-First-Century Precipice Appears -- Conclusion: Whom Will You Serve?. - "The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals play a strikingly unified, powerful role in the disunion. These evangelicals raise a starkly consequential question for electoral politics: Why do they claim morality while supporting politicians who act immorally by most Christian measures? In this clear-eyed, hard-hitting chronicle of American religion and politics, Anthea Butler answers that racism is at the core of conservative evangelical activism and power"--
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| ISBN | 9781469661179
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