{"product_id":"white-evangelicals-and-right-wing-populism-how-did-we-get-here-9781032134833","title":"White Evangelicals and Right-Wing Populism: How Did We Get Here?","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did America's white evangelicals, from often progressive history, come to right-wing populism? Addressing populism requires understanding how its historico-cultural roots ground present politics. How have the very qualities that contributed much to American vibrancy--an anti-authoritarian government-wariness and energetic community-building--turned, under conditions of distress, to defensive, us-them worldviews?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will gain an understanding of populism and of the socio-political and religious history from which populism draws its us-them policies and worldview. The book ponders the tragic cast of the white evangelical story: (i) the distorting effects of economic and way-of-life duress on the understanding of history and present circumstances and (ii) the tragedy of choosing us-them solutions to duress that won't relieve it, leaving the duress in place. Readers will trace the trajectory from economic, status loss, and way-of-life duresses to solutions in populist, us-them binaries. They will explore the robust white evangelical contribution to civil society but also to racism, xenophobia, and sexism. White evangelicals not in the ranks of the right--their worldview and activism--are discussed in a final chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is valuable reading for students of political and social sciences as well as anyone interested in US politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarcia Pally\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches at New York University, USA, and held the Mercator Guest Professorship in the Theology Faculty at Humboldt University-Berlin, Germany, where she remains an annual guest professor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387482902802,"sku":"9781032134833","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ebc60858-c2aa-40e8-8350-4c2e93fecddd.jpg?v=1728880796","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/white-evangelicals-and-right-wing-populism-how-did-we-get-here-9781032134833","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}