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THE END OF WHITE CHRISTIAN AMERICA
By: Robert P. Jones
Simon & Schuster
July 2016
On Sale: July 12, 2016
320 pages
ISBN: 1501122290
EAN: 9781501122293
Kindle: B0176M3QC8
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Non-Fiction Political | Non-Fiction Religion
Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), challenges us to grasp the profound political and cultural consequences of a new realityβthat America is no longer a majority white Christian nation. For most of our nationβs history, White Christian America (WCA)βthe cultural and political edifice built primarily by white Protestant Christiansβset the tone for our national policy and shaped American ideals. But especially since the 1990s, WCA has steadily lost influence, following declines within both its mainline and evangelical branches. Today, America is no longer demographically or culturally a majority white Christian nation. Drawing on more than four decades of polling data, The End of White Christian America explains and analyzes the waning vitality of WCA. Jones argues that the visceral nature of todayβs most heated issuesβthe vociferous arguments around same-sex marriage and religious liberty, the rise of the Tea Party following the election of our first black president, and stark disagreements between black and white Americans over the fairness of the criminal justice systemβcan only be understood against the backdrop of white Christiansβ anxieties as Americaβs racial and religious topography shifts around them. In 2016 and beyond, the descendants of WCA will lack the political power they once had to set the terms of the nationβs debate over values and morals and to determine election outcomes. Looking ahead, Jones forecasts the ways that they might adjust to find their place in the new Americaβand the consequences for us all if they donβt.
 Media BuzzPBS News Hour - August 31, 2016
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