She continues, “From using the Bible to support slavery to opposing the civil rights movement, integration, and interracial marriage, evangelicals have long employed a presumed moral authority to hide their prejudices” (8).Įvangelicals, Butler argues, have conflated Christianity and whiteness, which has allowed them to ignore racism (9). “Racism is a feature, not a bug, of American evangelicalism,” states Butler in her introduction (2). While some have argued that evangelical racism began in the Trump era, and have loudly cried, “Not all evangelicals!” Butler gives ample evidence that racism has always been a cornerstone of evangelicalism. Anthea Butler offers a succinct and compelling analysis of evangelicalism’s racist roots. In White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America, Dr. “Trump isn’t the reason why evangelicals turned to racism. Reckoning with Evangelicalism’s Racist HistoryĪ Review of White Evangelical Racism : The Politics of Morality in Americaīuy Now:
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