The divine institution: white evangelicalism's politics of the family

"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...

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Auteur principal: Bjork-James, Sophie (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: New Brunswick, Camden Newar, New Jersey London Rutgers University Press [2021]
Dans:Année: 2021
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B USA / Blancs / Mouvement évangélique / Identité ethnique / Identité religieuse
B USA / Politique familiale / Hiérarchie des valeurs / Conservatisme / Mouvement évangélique
Classifications IxTheo:CH Christianisme et société
Sujets non-standardisés:B Family Religious aspects Christianity
B Political theology and race (United States)
B Evangelicalism Political aspects (United States)
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Résumé:"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"--
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1978821840