21 best-selling nonfiction books like White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones

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White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity

By: Robert P. Jones

4.43

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a pro…

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1. The Cross and the Lynching Tree

By: James H. Cone

4.51

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more

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"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

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2. White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

By: Anthea Butler

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelic… read more

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  • race
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  • christianity
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  • politics
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  • nonfiction
  • anti racist
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3. The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

By: Philip S. Gorski

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracy Most Americans were shocked by t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"White Christian nationalism is a “deep story"

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

"For white Americans who affirm Christian nationalist ideology, “true Americans"

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

"Even as it’s become riskier for mainstream politicians to use negative dog whistles like “thug"

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

"It’s not that Christian nationalists have a different understanding of American history; it’s that they often have an incorrect understanding."

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

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4. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more

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  • christianity
  • faith
  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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5. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

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  • christian
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  • faith
  • politics
  • religion
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6. Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation

By: Jon Ward

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Jon Ward's life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two dec… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

By: Sarah McCammon

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more

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  • faith
  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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8. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

By: Karen Swallow Prior

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis--and a lot of bad press. … read more

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"For Hardy and other critics of the evangelical movement, too often the desire for purity encouraged hypocrisy, earnest ideals became mere performance, and the valuation of hard work turned into pursu…"

-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

"The novel [ Pamela ] is also a very powerful early expression of the modern self, one who sees her soul as equal in human worth and dignity to anyone, regardless of social class or power--and this, t…"

-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

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9. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

By: Esau McCaulley

4.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more

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  • christian
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  • faith
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  • nonfiction
"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"

-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

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10. Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America

By: Kathleen Belew

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Belew's book helps explain how we got to today's alt right."―Terry Gross, Fresh Air The white p… read more

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  • politics
  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The story of white power as a social movement exposes something broader about the enduring impact of state violence in America. It reveals one catastrophic ricochet of the Vietnam War, in the form of…"

-Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America

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11. Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next

By: Bradley Onishi

4.33

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Watching the eerie footage of the January 6 insurrection, Bradley Onishi wondered: If I hadn't left… read more

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  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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12. Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery

By: Mark Charles

4.38

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

You cannot discover lands already inhabited. Injustice has plagued American society for centurie… read more

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  • nonfiction
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  • anti racist
"We have embraced the stories of success and exceptionalism rather than engaging the narrative of suffering and oppression."

-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery

"The fact that America calls what Columbus did 'discovery' reveals the implicit racial bias of the country - that Native Americans are not fully human."

-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery

"The captivity to individualism in the West leads many to reject the possibility of institutions and systems inflicting social harm that requires a social response."

-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery

"The myth of redemptive violence allows Americans to see themselves as having superior intellect and value and therefore the ability to handle weapons capable of incredible violence in an appropriate …"

-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery

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13. The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

By: Jemar Tisby

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In August of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, calling on… read more

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  • social justice
  • anti racist
"Throughout the course of US history, when Christians had the opportunity to decisively oppose the racism in their midst, all too often, they chose silence. They chose passivity. The refusal to act…"

-Jemar Tisby, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

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14. The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

By: Katherine Stewart

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Democracy in Chains and Dark Money, a revelatory investigation of the Religious Righ… read more

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  • christian
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"Christian nationalism exploits and intensifies inequality, and dominionism is its logical endpoint and the actual engine of the so-called culture wars."

-Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

"Are we a nation in which one brand of religion enjoys a place of privilege? Are we a nation of laws—except in cases where the law offends the feelings of those who subscribe to our preferred religion…"

-Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

"This is not a book I could have imagined writing a dozen years ago. When an older couple from another town attempted to set up and lead a Bible club at my daughter's public elementary school in South…"

-Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

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15. White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity

By: Robert P. Jones

4.43

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a pro… read more

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16. Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States

By: Andrew L. Whitehead

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Why do so many conservative Christians continue to support Donald Trump despite his many overt mora… read more

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17. American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

By: Andrew L. Whitehead

4.20

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

"Heartfelt, incisive, and worthy of thoughtful consideration."-- Library Journal Power. Fear. Viol… read more

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"Jesus calls us to be a light, not a wildfire."

-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

"When it comes down to democracy or power, white Christian nationalism will choose power every time."

-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

"Christian nationalism is not interested in a government for the people, by the people, but rather for a particular people, by a particular people."

-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

"Our ability to love, serve, and act as salt and light in our communities is not dependent on various symbols of Christianity dominating the civic landscape."

-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

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18. The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

By: Kaitlyn Schiess

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn fro… read more

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"The Bible is not a free-floating book of ageless wisdom, an interesting historical document, or a weapon that can be put in the service of any political goal. The Bible is a gift from God to the chur…"

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

"What is government? What is the relationship between theology and politics? How should Christians think about their political participation? These questions typically get lost in our conversations. W…"

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

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19. How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice

By: Jemar Tisby

4.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

How do we effectively confront racial injustice? We need to move beyond talking about racism and st… read more

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  • anti racist
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20. The Religion of American Greatness

By: Paul D. Miller

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Long before it featured dramatically in the 2016 presidential election, Christian nationalism had s… read more

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"Justice requires neutrality, at some level."

-Paul D. Miller, The Religion of American Greatness

"At no point has America’s culture been defined by its concern to “preserve"

-Paul D. Miller, The Religion of American Greatness

"Nationalism is incoherent in theory, illiberal in practice, and, I fear, often idolatrous in our hearts."

-Paul D. Miller, The Religion of American Greatness

"The Bible is universal truth, but our interpretations of it are always historically and culturally conditioned."

-Paul D. Miller, The Religion of American Greatness

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21. God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music

By: Leah Payne

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Traces Contemporary Christian Music's role in creating a theological and political vision for publi… read more

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20 Top history books like White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones

Transform Your Habits

The Cross and the Lynching Tree

James H. Cone

4.51

Transform Your Habits

White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

Anthea Butler

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

Philip S. Gorski

4.19

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Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

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18 Top audiobook books like How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice by Jemar Tisby

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A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing

Scot McKnight

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

Esau McCaulley

4.43

Transform Your Habits

White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

Anthea Butler

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

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