The divine institution : White evangelicalism's politics of the family / Sophie Bjork-James.

"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 d...

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Main Author: Bjork-James, Sophie (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
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Physical Description:vii, 186 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Family values and racial politics -- The divine institution and the segregated church -- Reading the Bible with James Dobson : the family and Christian nationalism -- Same-sex attraction and the limits of God's love -- Paternal politics -- Losing (and remaking) my religion : the transformation of white evangelicalism from within -- Conclusion : the future of white evangelicalism. 
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