"A
worthy volume to the growing corpus of antiracist theologies
envisioned by White Catholic theologians. It can be of particular use
to graduate students, academics, and those involved in ministry
looking for a 'thick description' of the origins and production of
White Christian supremacy and ways to name, understand, and begin to
dismantle it." --Theological Studies
How
have Christian theologies of religious superiority underwritten
ideologies of white supremacy in the United States? According to Hill
Fletcher, the tendency of Christians to view themselves as the
“chosen ones” has often been translated into racial categories as
well. In other words, Christian supremacy has historically lent
itself to white supremacy, with disastrous consequences.
How
might we start to disentangle the two? Hill Fletcher proposes
strategies that will help foster racial healing in America, the first
of which is to demand of white Christians that they accept their
responsibility for racist policies and structural discrimination in
America.
