Ep. 21 - Understanding the Religion of Whiteness with Dr. Michael O. Emerson

Join us as Dr. Michael O. Emerson discusses The Religion of Whiteness, including a discussion about how religion is defined sociologically, identifying markers of the religion of whiteness, and profiles of different types of people inside the religion of whiteness.

00:00 - Introduction

02:27 - Patreon

03:02 - Why research race in the Church

05:31 - Racial differences between 2000 and 2020

08:20 - How do we know surveys are representative

11:17 - Comparing white evangelical responses to other groups

14:24 - Understanding the research sociologically vs. theologically

17:46 - Understanding race as central to the American story

19:55 - Defining religion sociologically

22:19 - Defining the religion of whiteness

27:55 - Sacred symbols, beliefs, and practices

32:47 - Selectively using the Bible

38:12 - Efforts to maintain power through ROW

42:09 - White veil and white might groups

47:48 - Epistemology of ignorance

50:56 - Attempting to address racial division through evangelism

52:28 - Christianity vs. ROW in church demographics

53:55 - ROW practitioners outside white communities

56:00 - Setting the table for change

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Kingdom Racial Change - https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802883728/kingdom-racial-change/

Baker Institute - https://www.bakerinstitute.org/program/religion-and-public-policy