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White evangelical racism : the politics of morality in America
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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 c...
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. Butler reveals how evangelical racism, propelled by the benefits of whiteness, has since the nation's founding played a provocative role in severely fracturing the electorate.
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- Creator
- Anthea Butler
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- English
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- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2020
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- 1 online resource
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- 9798890861276, 9781469661193, 1469661195, 1469661179
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- "A Ferris and Ferris book."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Evangelical Racism: A Feature, Not a Bug -- 1. The Racist Foundations of Evangelicalism in the Nineteenth Century -- 2. Saving the Nation: Fervor, Fear, and Challenges to Jim Crow -- 3. Whitewashing Racism and the Rise of the Religious Right -- 4. How Firm a Foundation: A Twenty-First-Century Precipice Appears -- Conclusion: Whom Will You Serve? -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Reading -- Index