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The Flag and the Cross - White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy (Hardcover)
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The Flag and the Cross - White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R478
Discovery Miles 4 780
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A bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracy
Most Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the
nation's Capital on January 6th, 2021. And many were bewildered by
the images displayed by the insurrectionists: a wooden cross and
wooden gallows; "Jesus saves" and "Don't Tread on Me;" Christian
flags and Confederate Flags; even a prayer in Jesus' name after
storming the Senate chamber. Where some saw a confusing jumble,
Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry saw a familiar ideology: white
Christian nationalism. In this short primer, Gorski and Perry
explain what white Christian nationalism is and is not; when it
first emerged and how it has changed; where it's headed and why it
threatens democracy. Tracing the development of this ideology over
the course of three centuries-and especially its influence over the
last three decades-they show how, throughout American history,
white Christian nationalism has animated the oppression, exclusion,
and even extermination of minority groups while securing privilege
for white Protestants. It enables white Christian Americans to
demand "sacrifice" from others in the name of religion and nation,
while defending their "rights" in the names of "liberty" and
"property." White Christian nationalism motivates the
anti-democratic, authoritarian, and violent impulses on display in
our current political moment. The future of American democracy,
Gorski and Perry argue, will depend on whether a broad spectrum of
Americans-stretching from democratic socialists to classical
liberals-can unite in a popular front to combat the threat to
liberal democracy posed by white Christian nationalism.
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