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1 online resource (1 audio file (4hr., 43 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Keith Sellon-Wright. |
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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's 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. Gorski and Perry explain what white Christian nationalism is; 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." The future of American democracy will depend on whether a broad spectrum of Americans can unite in a popular front to combat the threat to liberal democracy posed by white Christian nationalism. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Nationalism -- United States -- Religious aspects -- History.
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Christians, White -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Christianity and culture -- United States -- History.
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Christianity -- Influence.
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Perry, Samuel L., author.
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Tisby, Jemar, writer of foreword.
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hoopla digital.
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Flag + the cross |
| ISBN |
9781666189711 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666189715 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT15016991 |
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