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Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
During the 2016 election, a new term entered the American political lexicon: the "alt-right," short for "alternative right." Despite the innocuous name, the alt-right is a white-nationalist movement. Yet it differs from earlier racist groups: it is youthful and tech-savvy, obsessed with provocation and trolling, amorphous, predominantly online, and mostly anonymous. And it was energized by Donald Trump's presidential campaign. In Making Sense of the...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
""Everyone who claims to be 'Christian' or else claims to be upset by 'Christianity' needs to read this book, especially politicians using people's supposed faith for their own ends." -Margaret E. Atwood A major new work by the New York Times bestselling author, arguing that the answer to bad religion is true faith that will help re-found democracy It is time says Jim Wallis, to call out genuine faith-specifically the "Christian" in White Christian...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was not a blip or an aberration. It was the logical outcome of years of a White evangelical subculture's preparation for war. Religion scholar and former insider Bradley Onishi maps the origins of White Christian nationalism and traces its offshoots in Preparing for War. Combining his own experiences in the youth groups and prayer meetings of the 1990s with an immersive look at the steady blending...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Most Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the nation's Capital on January 6th, 2021. And many were bewildered by the images displayed by the insurrectionists: a wooden cross and wooden gallows; 'Jesus saves' and 'Don't Tread on Me;' Christian flags and Confederate Flags; even a prayer in Jesus' name after storming the Senate chamber. Where some saw a confusing jumble, Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry saw a familiar ideology:...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2018]
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IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist Internet community; his godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand Wizard. He was homeschooled, and steeped in the culture of white supremacy. When he attended New College of Florida, he became the source of student protests, which forced him to reckon with the ugliness of his beliefs for the first time. Other students found the courage to...
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