“White Too Long” convincingly reveals the myriad ways that white Christianity has cultivated the religious, political, economic and social superiority of white people despite all efforts, modest though they may have been, to fight these tendencies. Jones’s book challenges people of faith to chart a new path forward.īut that is where the real trouble begins. It is a cultural moment that is forcing white Christians to declare their allegiances - whether to a religion that reinforces white supremacy or to one that dismantles it. These books reflect what may be a critical pivot point in the direction of white Christianity in the United States.Įvents of the past decade and especially recent months have pushed conversations about race to the forefront of the national consciousness. Perry, and “Reconstructing the Gospel,” by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. Recent works that pair well with this one include “Jesus and John Wayne,” by Kristin Kobes Du Mez, “Taking America Back for God,” by Andrew L. “White Too Long” is part of a dynamic and growing field of contemporary nonfiction that calls the white church to task for its failings when it comes to racism.
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John Wayne Gacy (executed 1994) choose a bucket of Original Recipe KFC, deep. Victor Fugeur (hung 1963) chose for his last meal a single olive. Ty Treadwell’s book The Last Supper is a record of the final meals chosen by inmates on death row. Jones sets out to prove that “American Christianity’s theological core has been thoroughly structured by an interest in protecting white supremacy.” According to him, white Christianity has not merely been a passive bystander in the construction of this nation’s racial caste system, it has been the primary cultural and religious institution creating, promoting and preserving it. This is my body, which is for youJesus on the death of Jesus. Adherents of replacement theology believe the Jews are no longer God’s chosen people, and God does not have specific future plans for the nation of. Jones, who leads the Public Religion Research Institute, a polling firm focused on the intersection of politics and religion, draws on Baldwin’s quote for the title of his book “White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity.” Jones calls on his fellow white Christians to extricate themselves from what he asserts has defined their religion for too long: the imagined superiority of white people and anti-Black racism as its inevitable corollary. One of the sites I visited defines replacement theology this way: Replacement theology (also known as supersessionism) essentially teaches that the church has replaced Israel in God’s plan.
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They have been white, if I may so put it, too long.” Robert P. Making the New York Times bestsellers list is a first for Du Mez, a history and gender studies professor, as well as an accomplishment for the. In 1968, James Baldwin wrote in The New York Times: “I will flatly say that the bulk of this country’s white population impresses me, and has so impressed me for a very long time, as being beyond any conceivable hope of moral rehabilitation. Du Mez’s 2020 book Jesus and John Wayne has landed on one of the most prestigious book lists in the nation almost a year after its debut, reaching 4 on the Paperback Nonfiction Books category. WHITE TOO LONG The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity By Robert P.