ISBN:
9781469661193
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (164 pages).
Series Statement:
North Carolina scholarship online
DDC:
305.680408900973
Keywords:
Christentum
;
Evangelikale Bewegung
;
Rassismus
;
Religionspolitik
;
Evangelicalism History
;
Racism Religious aspects
;
Christianity
;
Christians, White History
;
Religion and politics History
;
Racism History
;
USA
;
United States Church history
;
United States Race relations
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. 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.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2020
,
"A Ferris and Ferris book"
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.5149/northcarolina/9781469661179.001.0001
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469661179.001.0001
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