Unreconciled From Racial Reconciliation to Racial Justice in Christian Evangelicalism
Unreconciled: From Racial Reconciliation to Racial Justice in Christian Evangelicalism

In the 1990s, many evangelical Christian organizations and church leaders began to acknowledge their long history of racism and launched efforts at becoming more inclusive of people of color. While much of this racial reconciliation movement has not directly confronted systemic racism's structu...

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Main Author: Smith, Andrea (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press [2019]
Subjects:
RELIGION / Fundamentalism
Evangelicalism
Race relations > Religious aspects > Christianity
Racism > Religious aspects > Christianity
Reconciliation > Religious aspects > Christianity
Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-859
DE-860
DE-473
DE-739
DE-858
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Summary:In the 1990s, many evangelical Christian organizations and church leaders began to acknowledge their long history of racism and launched efforts at becoming more inclusive of people of color. While much of this racial reconciliation movement has not directly confronted systemic racism's structural causes, there exists a smaller countermovement within evangelicalism, primarily led by women of color who are actively engaged in antiracism and social justice struggles. In Unreconciled Andrea Smith examines these movements through a critical ethnic studies lens, evaluating the varying degrees to which evangelical communities that were founded on white supremacy have addressed racism. Drawing on evangelical publications, sermons, and organization statements, as well as ethnographic fieldwork and participation in evangelical events, Smith shows how evangelicalism is largely unable to effectively challenge white supremacy due to its reliance upon discourses of whiteness. At the same time, the work of progressive evangelical women of color not only demonstrates that evangelical Christianity can be an unexpected place in which to find theoretical critique and social justice organizing but also shows how critical ethnic studies' interventions can be applied broadly across political and religious divides outside the academy
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (400 pages)
ISBN:9781478007036
DOI:10.1515/9781478007036

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