Episode 475: Mammoths, McDowell, & Making Sense of White Supremacy with Robert P. Jones
The Holy Post
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The Theology of Slavery
In your book, you unpack some of the theology of white christianity in the nineteenth century. Talk about how a very hierarchical and patriarchal view of society was chosen as a way of protecting slavery itself. And who does this serve? A? This serves very well the interest of white a men, right? Who are at the top of thisa pyramid. So its no coincidence that the people promulgating this theology are the people who most benefit fromit.
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