The Feeling of Forgetting - Christianity, Race, and Violence in America

A provocative examination of how religious practices of forgetting drive white Christian nationalism.   The dual traumas of colonialism and slavery are still felt by Native Americans and African Americans as victims of ongoing violence toward people of color today. In The Feeling of Forgetting, John Corrigan calls attention to the trauma experienced by white Americans as perpetrators of this violence. By tracing memory’s role in American Christianity, Corrigan shows how contemporary white Christian nationalism is motivated by a widespread effort to forget the role race plays in American society. White trauma, Corrigan argues, courses through American culture like an underground river that sometimes bursts forth into brutality, terrorism, and insurrection. Tracing the river to its source is a necessary first step toward healing.  

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	John Corrigan
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-82765-0
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-226-82765-8
Barcode:	9780226827650

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