

White Evangelical Racism
The Politics of Morality in America
Author: Anthea Butler
Narrator: Allyson Johnson
Unabridged: 3 hr 44 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 04/20/2021
Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Ministry, Social Science, Race & Ethnic Relations
Synopsis
Butler reveals how evangelical racism, propelled by the benefits of whiteness, has since the nation's founding played a provocative role in severely fracturing the electorate. During the buildup to the Civil War, white evangelicals used scripture to defend slavery and nurture the Confederacy. During Reconstruction, they used it to deny the vote to newly emancipated blacks. In the twentieth century, they sided with segregationists in avidly opposing movements for racial equality and civil rights. Most recently, evangelicals supported the Tea Party, a Muslim ban, and border policies allowing family separation. White evangelicals today, cloaked in a vision of Christian patriarchy and nationhood, form a staunch voting bloc in support of white leadership.