White evangelical racism the politics of morality in America

"The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals play a strikingly unified, powerful role in the disunion. In this clear-eyed, hard-hitting chronicle of American religion and politics, Anthea Butler argues that racism is at the core of conservat...

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Main Author: Butler, Anthea D., 1960- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2024]
Edition:Second edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the second edition
  • 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?