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

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

Summary: Robert P. Jones delivers an examination of the unholy relationship between American Christianity and white supremacy, and issues an urgent call for white Christians to reckon with this legacy for the sake of themselves and the nation. 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. But 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 challenges white Christians to acknowledge that public apologies are not enough--accepting responsibility for the past requires work toward repair in the present.

Record details

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

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-292) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Seeing: our current moment -- Remembering: Christianity as the conductor of white supremacy -- Believing: the theology of white supremacy -- Marking: monuments to white supremacy -- Mapping: the white supremacy gene in American Christianity -- Telling: stories of change -- Reckoning: toward responsibility and repair.