Anthea Butler has a quick answer: No “Evangelicals, you have a problem,” warns Anthea Butler in White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America. “That problem is racism.” For Butler, a professor of religion at the University of Pennsylvania, white supremacy is now and has always been a dominant theme in the life of the churches that, since the Second Great Awakening, have usually housed the greatest number of American Protestants. With erudite passion she … [Read more...] about Evangelicals and Racism: Is There Hope?
Michael Kazin
Michael Kazin is a professor of history at Georgetown University and emeritus editor of Dissent. His next book, What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party will be published next March.