UID:
almahu_9948344765502882
Format:
1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:
9780190081782 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
To this day, churchgoing Mormons report that they hear from their fellow congregants in Sunday meetings that African-Americans are the accursed descendants of Cain whose spirits were destined to come to earth with a 'curse' of black skin. Like most difficult subjects in Mormon history and practice, says Joanna Brooks, the priesthood and temple ban on Blacks has been managed carefully in LDS institutional settings with a combination of avoidance, denial, selective truth-telling, and determined silence. As America begins to come to terms with the costs of white privilege to Black lives, this book urges a soul-searching examination of the role American Christianity has played in sustaining everyday white supremacy by assuring white people of their innocence.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190081768
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
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