{"title":"Samuel L. Perry","description":"Samuel L. Perry is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and two books,  Addicted to Lust and Growing God's Family.","products":[{"product_id":"taking-america-back-for-god-christian-nationalism-in-the-united-states-hardcover","title":"Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy do so many conservative Christians continue to support Donald Trump despite his many overt moral failings? Why do many Americans advocate so vehemently for xenophobic policies, such as a border wall with Mexico? Why do many Americans seem so unwilling to acknowledge the injustices that ethnic and racial minorities experience in the United States? Why do a sizeable proportion of Americans continue to oppose women's equality in the workplace and in the home? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo answer these questions, \u003cem\u003eTaking America Back for God\u003c\/em\u003e points to the phenomenon of \"Christian nationalism,\" the belief that the United States is-and should be-a Christian nation. Christian ideals and symbols have long played an important role in American public life, but Christian nationalism is about far more than whether the phrase \"under God\" belongs in the pledge of allegiance. At its heart, Christian nationalism demands that we must preserve a particular kind of social order, an order in which everyone--Christians and non-Christians, native-born and immigrants, whites and minorities, men and women recognizes their \"proper\" place in society. The first comprehensive empirical analysis of Christian nationalism in the United States, Taking America Back for God illustrates the influence of Christian nationalism on today's most contentious social and political issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on multiple sources of national survey data as well as in-depth interviews, Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry document 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. Americans' stance toward Christian nationalism provides powerful insight into what they think about immigration, Islam, gun control, police shootings, atheists, gender roles, and many other political issues-very much including who they want in the White House. Taking America Back for God is a guide to one of the most important-and least understood-forces shaping American politics.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378760777951,"sku":"9780190057886","price":50.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/vRJ2V8KLjm9780190057886.webp?v=1789261671"},{"product_id":"the-flag-and-the-cross-white-christian-nationalism-and-the-threat-to-american-democracy-hardcover","title":"The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracy\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the nation's Capital on January 6th, 2021. And many were bewildered by the images displayed by the insurrectionists: a wooden cross and wooden gallows; \"Jesus saves\" and \"Don't Tread on Me;\" Christian flags and Confederate Flags; even a prayer in Jesus' name after storming the Senate chamber. Where some saw a confusing jumble, Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry saw a familiar ideology: white Christian nationalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this short primer, Gorski and Perry explain what white Christian nationalism is and is not; when it first emerged and how it has changed; where it's headed and why it threatens democracy. Tracing the development of this ideology over the course of three centuries--and especially its influence over the last three decades--they show how, throughout American history, white Christian nationalism has animated the oppression, exclusion, and even extermination of minority groups while securing privilege for white Protestants. It enables white Christian Americans to demand \"sacrifice\" from others in the name of religion and nation, while defending their \"rights\" in the names of \"liberty\" and \"property.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhite Christian nationalism motivates the anti-democratic, authoritarian, and violent impulses on display in our current political moment. The future of American democracy, Gorski and Perry argue, will depend on whether a broad spectrum of Americans--stretching from democratic socialists to classical liberals--can unite in a popular front to combat the threat to liberal democracy posed by white Christian nationalism.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378761728223,"sku":"9780197618684","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/6vh00sRdvj9780197618684.webp?v=1789261673"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/samuel-l-perry.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}