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Book SynopsisHear the call to overcome today’s conservative rhetoric of hate and bring virtue back to Christian living…
While right-wing conservatives dare to call themselves Christians as they tear down equality and justice, commit horrible acts of violence, and fan the flames of fascism in America, Carter Heyward issues a call to action for Christians to truly hear God’s message of peace and love.
This book attempts to show ways in which, through our highly privatized theologies and personal spiritualities, we American Christians have played a major role in building and securing structures of injustice in American life. Rising tides of white supremacy, threats to women’s reproductive freedoms and to basic human rights for gender and sexual minorities, the widening divide between rich and poor, and increasing natural disasters and the extinction of Earth’s species all point to a world crying out for God’s wisdom.
To move forward as followers of Jesus, we must first call out these ingrained cultural attitudes for what they are—the seven deadly sins of white Christian nationalism. We must commit ourselves to building a more perfect union in small personal ways and in large public acknowledgment of what the culture of white Christian nationalism is doing to our country and world.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Preface
Part I: In the Beginning
Chapter 1: Why This Book?
Chapter 2: What is White Christian Nationalism?
Part II: The Seven Deadly Sins
Chapter 3: Sin as Our Collective Problem
Chapter 4: The First Sin: The Lust for Omnipotence
Chapter 5: The Second Sin: Entitlement
Chapter 6: The Third Sin: White Supremacy
Chapter 7: The Fourth Sin: Misogyny
Chapter 8: The Fifth Sin: Capitalist Spirituality
Chapter 9: The Sixth Sin: Domination of the Earth and Its Creatures
Chapter 10: The Seventh Sin: Violence
Part III: A Call to Action
Chapter 11: Questions and Call
Chapter 12: The First Call: Into Sharing Power-With One Another
Chapter 13: The Second Call: Into Humility
Chapter 14: The Third Call: Into the Blackness of God
Chapter 15: The Fourth Call: Into Empowering Women, Celebrating Sexuality, and Affirming Gender Diversity
Chapter 16: The Fifth Call: Transforming Capitalism
Chapter 17: The Sixth Call: Belonging with Earth and Animals
Chapter 18: The Seventh Call: To Break the Spiral of Violence
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