The Myth of Colorblind Christians : : Evangelicals and White Supremacy in the Civil Rights Era / / Jesse Curtis.

Reveals how Christian colorblindness expanded white evangelicalism and excluded Black evangelicals In the decades after the civil rights movement, white Americans turned to an ideology of colorblindness. Personal kindness, not systemic reform, seemed to be the way to solve racial problems. In those...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. What Does It Mean to Be One in Christ? The Civil Rights Movement and the Origins of Christian Colorblindness
  • 2. Creating the Colorblind Campus
  • 3. Growing the Homogeneous Church
  • 4. A Mission Field Next Door
  • 5. Two Gospels on a Global Stage
  • 6. The Elusive Turning Point: Colorblind Christians and “Racial Reconciliation”
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author