In sheep's clothing: the idolatry of white Christian nationalism
From Megyn Kelly's claim that Jesus is white to former President Trump's claim that he is the chosen one or the King of Israel, there is serious trouble in paradise. Contemporary manifestations of white Christian nationalism are deeply entangled in political issues from women s political r...
| Summary: | From Megyn Kelly's claim that Jesus is white to former President Trump's claim that he is the chosen one or the King of Israel, there is serious trouble in paradise. Contemporary manifestations of white Christian nationalism are deeply entangled in political issues from women s political rights over their own bodies to the rejection of Critical Race Theory (CRT). Carrying Christian signs and crosses, protestors at the Capitol insurrection on January 6th were not only fighting with a sense of white nationalist duty but fighting with a religious zeal, making this a pressing moment in the current time to which this volume speaks.This edited collection invites scholars share frustration, anger, interrogation, and conceptual clarity with readers regarding this toxic form of Christianity that fights not in the name of love, but in the name of political domination and out of deep fear and hatred. Attention is also brought to Christianity s counter-voice, one predicated upon love, and its effectiveness to resist not just deep political pro-white forces at work, but also its capacity to focus emphasis upon Christian love. The text is designed to speak to the contemporary moment with respect to the explicit and implicit ways in which white nationalism and white Christianity continue to be entangled and reinforce one another. Contributors are asked to articulate what is behind this racially, politically, ideologically, psychically charged whiteness of Christianity in the US, and to articulate what is beyond the whiteness of Christianity for both Christians and non-Christians alike concerned with the rise of white Christian nationalism Foreword by J. Kameron CarterIntroduction by George YancyIntroduction by Bill BywaterOpening PoemMary Magdalene SingsBecky ThompsonWhite Christians and the U.S. Corporate Warrior StateMark Lewis TaylorWhite Mob LogicKaren Teel The Promised Land in Christian Nationalist Rhetoric: The Persistent Vision of Christianity as a Religion of Conquest Brock Bahler Discipleship or Duplicity? A Christian No to white Christian NationalismAnna Floerke ScheidWhite Christians Warring against Democracy: A Long HistoryJoe Feagin The Pedagogy of Hegemony: A History of Christian Nationalism s Narrative Wars and School DominanceTodd M. MealyWho do you say that I am? Laurie CassidyThe Theological Irony of White Christian Nationalism: A View from the SouthLeah KalmansonChristian Churches in North America and the Imperatives of the Dialogue of Action Toward Restitution and Restorative Justice for Blacks, Latinos/Latinx, and Native AmericansMarinus Chijioke Iwuchukwu Legitimate Political Discourse : January 6th and the Brutality of White TheodicyBiko Mandela GrayPhilosophical Ends and Theological Beginnings: The Logos, the Nigger, and Whiteness in American ChristianityTimothy GoldenMisogyny and the Stench of White Supremacist ChristianityTraci C. West Where Is the Love? : Christian Nationalism and the Politics of ExclusionKathy Glass The Life and Death of Queen Elizabeth II: Defender of the Faith, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and Manifestation of the White Colonial GazeKimberley Ducey The Order of the Day: Lessons, Philosophical and Otherwise, from Childhood at the Heart of American Christian NationalismJames GarrisonVictims of the Cross: Violence and Apocalyptic Discourse in Christian NationalismSheldon GeorgeWhite Solidarity on Campus and The Sin of NeutralityElisabeth Vasko Can White Christian Nationalists and Donald Trump Be Overcome?Josiah Ulysses Young IIIRevolution and the Soul of White ChristianityDean J. JohnsonThe Hidden White Flesh of White Christian Nationalism: Anthropological Docetism and the Forging of IdolsJosé Francisco Morales TorresOn White Christian ViolenceAnthony Paul SmithClosing PoemORIGINAL SINMichael Simms IndexAbout the Contributors |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 377 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5381-8328-1 978-1-5381-8329-8 |
