
In Witnessing Whiteness, Kristopher Norris Explores The Challenges That Lie At The Intersection Of Race, Church, And Politics In America And Argues For A New Ethics Of Responsibility To Confront White Supremacy. Norris Provides In-depth Analysis Of The Ways Whiteness, As A Process Of Social/identity Formation, Is Fueling Racial Division Within American Christianity And The Inadequacy Of Efforts At Racial Reconciliation To Fully Address The Challenges Posed By White Supremacy Poses. Seeking Deeper Theological Reasons For Racial Injustice, He Focuses On Two Of The Most Important Thinkers In American Religion Of The Past Half Century, Stanley Hauerwas And James Cone. Examining The Current Manifestations Of Racism In American Churches, Exploring The Theological Roots Of White Supremacy, And Reflecting On The Ways Whiteness Impacts Even Well-meaning, Progressive White Theologians, This Book Diagnoses The Ways In Which All Of White Theology And White Christian Practice Are Implicated In White Supremacy. By Identifying The Roots Of White Supremacy Within The Christian Church's Theology And Practice, It Argues That The White Church Has A Particular, And Fundamental, Responsibility To Address It. Witnessing Whiteness Uncovers This Responsibility Ethic At The Convergence Of Two Prominent Streams In Theological Ethics: Traditionalist Witness Theology And Black Liberationist Theology. Employing Their Shared Resources And Attending To The Criticisms Liberation Theology Directs At Traditionalism, It Proposes Concrete Practices To Challenge The White Church's And White Theology's Complicity In White Supremacy.
How can the American church reconcile its theological foundations with its historical and ongoing complicity in white supremacy? Kristopher Norris, a scholar of theological ethics, investigates the intersection of race, church, and politics in the United States. He argues that white Christian practice is fundamentally implicated in white supremacy and proposes a new ethics of responsibility by synthesizing traditionalist witness theology with Black liberationist theology.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Scholars and theologians recognize this work as a rigorous attempt to bridge the gap between traditionalist and liberationist theological schools. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is intended for those familiar with contemporary religious ethics and systemic critiques of institutional Christianity.
Page Count:
256
Publication Date:
2020-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190055820
ISBN-13:
9780190055820
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