Religion and Racism - Exploring the Paradox-Can You Be a Christian and a Racist? (Hardcover, New edition)

Religion and Racism provides an extensive examination of the paradox that arises from the intersection of being a Christian and a racist. A racist believes that one racial group is superior to another. Yet, since the nation's revolutionary birth, the United States claims a pious, devout mantle of Christianity that served as the nation's moral compass, while engaging in horrendous acts of racial violence. How can a white Christian male, sit in a church, engage in Christian prayers, and then in cold-blooded fashion murder nine African American Christians in their own church? Christians traditionally have always designated "churches" as places of refuge and sanctuary. The binary of whiteness and Christianity emerged and came to dominate much of the world. In the United States and other parts of the world, whiteness and Christianity have served to subjugate people of color even as such people themselves also came to embrace Christ's teachings, often at the cost of the loss of their traditional forms of religion and culture. Armed with the Bible and deep-seated belief in racial superiority, European colonizers came to shape most of the world as we know it today. The result has been an unequal control of the world's resources and vastly disparate living standards for people of color and whites, both internationally and within specific nations. People of color have been treated as highly valued commodities, while simultaneously being stripped of their humanity-with the sanction of the Christian faith.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Theron N. Ford • Blanche Jackson Glimps
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	142
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-7917-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4331-7917-2
Barcode:	9781433179174

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