Yale University Library Research Guides: Resources for Racial Justice: Christian Nationalism and Race

Christian Nationalism and Race

The End of White Christian America by Robert P. Jones Looks at the consequences of America no longer being a majority white Christian nation.
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez Argues that evangelicals have worked to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism.
Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States (Online) by Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry A comprehensive empirical analysis of Christian nationalism in the United States. Looks at how Christian nationalism shapes what Americans think about who they are as a people, what their future should look like, and how they should get there.
White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones Drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a provocative examination of the unholy relationship between American Christianity and white supremacy, and issues an urgent call for white Christians to reckon with this legacy for the sake of themselves and the nation.

Blacks and Whites in Christian America: How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions (Online) by Jason E. Shelton; Michael Oluf Emerson In this sociological study of white and black Christian beliefs, Jason E. Shelton and Michael O. Emerson push beyond establishing that there are racial differences in belief and practice among members of American Protestantism to explore why those differences exist.
Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America by Michael O. Emerson; Christian Smith Based on a nationwide telephone survey of 2,000 people, along with 200 face-to-face interviews, this study argues that most white evangelicals see no systematic discrimination against blacks.
One Nation, Indivisible: Seeking Liberty and Justice From the Pulpit to the Streets by Celene Ibrahim (Editor) Highlights principles and practices of anti-racism work, and its contributors argue for a robust vision of American pluralism.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson From the Civil War to our combustible present, White Rage reframes the continuing conversation about race in America, chronicling the history of the powerful forces opposed to black progress.