Witnessing whiteness: confronting white supremacy in the American church
Racism at the End of White Christian America -- The Theological Origins of White Supremacy -- Part II. Who Is Christ For Us Today? -- Witnessing White Theology -- Narrating Black Theology -- Part III. Where Do We Go From Here? -- An Ethic of Responsibility -- Remembrance, Repentance, Reparation.
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Christianity
/ Race relations in literature
/ Racism
/ Whites
/ Hegemony
/ Blacks
/ Segregation (Sociology)
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| RelBib Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Racism (United States)
B White supremacy movements Religious aspects B Race Relations Religious aspects B White supremacy movements (United States) B Christianity (United States) |
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| Summary: | Racism at the End of White Christian America -- The Theological Origins of White Supremacy -- Part II. Who Is Christ For Us Today? -- Witnessing White Theology -- Narrating Black Theology -- Part III. Where Do We Go From Here? -- An Ethic of Responsibility -- Remembrance, Repentance, Reparation. "Witnessing Whiteness analyzes the current racial climate of American Christianity and argues for a new ethics of responsibility to confront white supremacy. Examining the current manifestations of racism in American churches, exploring the theological roots of white supremacy, and reflecting on the ways whiteness impacts even well-meaning, progressive white theologians, this book diagnoses the ways all of white theology and white Christian practice are implicated in white supremacy. By identifying the roots of white supremacy within the church's theology and practice, it argues that the Christian church has a particular, and particularly acute, responsibility to address it. Witnessing Whiteness uncovers this responsibility ethic at the convergence of two prominent streams in theological ethics: traditionalist (white) witness theology and black liberationist theology. Then, employing their shared resources and attending to the criticisms liberation theology directs at traditionalism, it proposes concrete practices to challenge the white church's and white theology's complicity in white supremacy"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0190055812 |