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1 online resource (x, 188 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"'The Divine Institution' provides an account of how a theology of the family came to dominate a white evangelical tradition in the post-civil rights movement United States, providing a theological corollary to Religious Right politics. This tradition inherently enforces racial inequality in that it draws moral, religious, and political attention away from problems of racial and economic structural oppression, explaining all social problems as a failure of the individual to achieve the strong gender and sexual identities that ground the nuclear family. The consequences of this theology are both personal suffering for individuals who cannot measure up to prescribed gender and sexual roles, and political support for conservative government policies. Exposure to experiences that undermine the idea that an emphasis on the family is the solution to all social problems is causing a younger generation of white evangelicals to shift away from this narrow theological emphasis and toward a more social justice-oriented theology. The material and political effects of this shift remain to be seen."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Family values and racial politics -- The divine institution and the segregated church -- Reading the Bible with James Dobson: the family and Christian nationalism -- Same-sex attraction and the limits of God's love -- Paternal politics -- Losing (and remaking) my religion: the transformation of white evangelicalism from within -- Conclusion. The future of white evangelicalism. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Families -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Evangelicalism -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Political theology and race -- United States.
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Political theology and race.
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RELIGION -- General. |
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Evangelicalism -- Political aspects |
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Families -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
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Political theology and race |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Added Title |
White evangelicalism's politics of the family |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bjork-James, Sophie. Divine institution. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, ©2021 9781978821859 |
| ISBN |
9781978824492 (electronic book) |
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1978824491 (electronic book) |
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9781978821866 (electronic book) |
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1978821867 (electronic book) |
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1978821859 |
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9781978821859 |
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