White evangelical racism : the politics of morality in America / Anthea Butler.

Author/creator Butler, Anthea D., 1960- author.
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Description164 pages ; 20 cm
Subjects

Contents 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?
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
General note"A Ferris and Ferris book"--Title page.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formChurch history.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2020047941
ISBN9781469661179 hardcover ; hardcover
ISBN1469661179 hardcover ; hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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