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White too long : the legacy of white supremacy in American Christianity Cover Image

White too long : the legacy of white supremacy in American Christianity / Robert P. Jones.

ISBN: 9781982122867
ISBN: 1982122862
Physical Description: 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Simon &amp; Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Simon &amp; Schuster, 2020.
Copyright: &copy;2020

Jones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick), (author.).

Summary:

As the nation grapples with demographic changes and the legacy of racism in America, Christianity's role as a cornerstone of white supremacy has been largely overlooked. White Christians--from evangelicals in the South to mainline Protestants in the Midwest and Catholics in the Northeast--have not just been complacent or complicit; rather, as the dominant cultural power, they have constructed and sustained a project of protecting white supremacy and opposing black equality that has framed the entire American story. Jones shows how deeply racist attitudes have become embedded in the DNA of white Christian identity over time and calls for an honest reckoning with a complicated, painful, and even shameful past.