Oct. 5, 2020

Episode 6: White Too Long with Robert Jones

Episode 6: White Too Long with Robert Jones

<p>My guest this week is Robert Jones, founder and CEO of PRRI (The Public Religion Research Institute), and author of the recent book <em>White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity </em>(<a href="https://amzn.to/3lexWqF">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781982122867">Bookshop</a>). In this discussion, we talk about how his book reveals the ways white American Christianity's history of white supremacy pervades all denominations - white evangelicals, mainline Protestants, and white Catholics. We discuss the "restricted moral vision" of white Christians, the findings of the Racism Index, and much more.</p><br/><p>If you'd like to support this show, please do so by telling people about it, leaving a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, and signing up for a paid subscription to my Substack newsletter, The Post-Evangelical Post, save 25% at <a href="https://postevangelicalpost.substack.com/powers">postevangelicalpost.com/powers</a>. Or sign up for free!</p><br/><p>Follow Robert Jones on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/robertpjones">@robertpjones</a>.</p><br/><p>Follow Blake on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/brchastain">@brchastain</a>, and on Instagram <a href="https://instagram.com/brchastain_">@brchastain_</a>.</p><br/><br/>--- <br/><br/>Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/powers--principalities/message" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/powers--principalities/message</a><br/>Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/powers--principalities/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/powers--principalities/support</a> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Post-Evangelical Post at <a href="https://postevangelicalpost.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast">postevangelicalpost.substack.com/subscribe</a>

My guest this week is Robert Jones, founder and CEO of PRRI (The Public Religion Research Institute), and author of the recent book White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity (Amazon, Bookshop). In this discussion, we talk about how his book reveals the ways white American Christianity's history of white supremacy pervades all denominations - white evangelicals, mainline Protestants, and white Catholics. We discuss the "restricted moral vision" of white Christians, the findings of the Racism Index, and much more.


If you'd like to support this show, please do so by telling people about it, leaving a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, and signing up for a paid subscription to my Substack newsletter, The Post-Evangelical Post, save 25% at postevangelicalpost.com/powers. Or sign up for free!


Follow Robert Jones on Twitter @robertpjones.


Follow Blake on Twitter @brchastain, and on Instagram @brchastain_.



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