The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy Gorski Philip S.
The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy Gorski Philip S. A bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracyMost Americans were shocked…
Specifikacia The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy Gorski Philip S.
The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy Gorski Philip S.
A bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracyMost Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the nation's Capital on January 6th, 2021. Where some saw a confusing jumble, Philip S. 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' name after storming the Senate chamber.
Perry saw a familiar ideology: white Christian nationalism.In this short primer, Gorski and Perry explain what white Christian nationalism is and is not; when it first emerged and how it has changed; where it's headed and why it threatens democracy. Gorski and Samuel L. Tracing the development of this ideology over the course of three centuries--and especially its influence over the last three decades--they