White Evangelical Racism, Second Edition: The Politics of Morality in America

by Anthea Butler

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 conservative evangelical activism and power. Propelled by the benefits of whiteness, white evangelicals used scripture to defend slavery and nurture the Confederacy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146968151X
• ISBN13: 9781469681511
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 200 Pages