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White evangelical racism : the politics of morality in America Cover Image Book Book

White evangelical racism : the politics of morality in America

Butler, Anthea D. 1960- (author.).

Summary: "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"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781469661179
  • ISBN: 1469661179
  • Physical Description: print
    164 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
"A Ferris and Ferris book"--Title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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?

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Subject: Evangelicalism United States History
Racism Religious aspects Christianity
Christians, White United States History
Religion and politics United States History
Racism United States History
United States Church history
United States Race relations
Genre: Church history.
History.

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