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The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism's Politics of the Family

by Sophie Bjork-james

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Rutgers University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.7 x 1.6 cm

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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.
The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism's Politics of the Family and What On Earth Am I Here For? Booklet
What On Earth Am I Here For? BookletThe Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism's Politics of the Family

  • Author

    Sophie Bjork-james

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Rutgers University Press

  • Published

    March 2021

  • Weight

    282g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.7 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781978821842

  • ISBN-10

    1978821840

  • Eden Code

    5297943

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