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| Title Statement | White evangelical racism: the politics of morality in America / Anthea Butler. |
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| Author | Butler, Anthea D., 1960- |
| Publication | Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press,[2021]©2021 |
| Extent of Item | 164 pages |
| ISBN | 1469661179 9781469661179 |
| Other Number | 4008457 |
| General Notes | "A Ferris and Ferris book." |
| 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? |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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"--Provided by publisher. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Racism--History--United States |
| Religion and politics--History--United States | |
| Christians, White--History--United States | |
| Racism--Religious aspects--Christianity | |
| Evangelicalism--History--United States | |
| By Location | United States--Church history |
