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Taking America Back for God

Christian Nationalism in the United States

By: Andrew L. Whitehead,Samuel L. Perry

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Taking America Back for God

Christian Nationalism in the United States

By: Andrew L. Whitehead,Samuel L. Perry

Why 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? To answer these questions, Taking America Back for God 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. Drawing 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.

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Oxford University Press

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0190057904

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Dark Shamans

Kanaimà and the Poetics of Violent Death

By: Neil L. Whitehead

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Dark Shamans

Kanaimà and the Poetics of Violent Death

By: Neil L. Whitehead

DIVUses an ethnographic example of ritual violence to illuminate cultural expression more widely and thereby reformulate anthropological and historical approaches to warfare and violence./div

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Duke University Press

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0822329883

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9780822329886

Of Cannibals and Kings

Primal Anthropology in the Americas

By: Neil L. Whitehead

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Of Cannibals and Kings

Primal Anthropology in the Americas

By: Neil L. Whitehead

Translations of the earliest accounts, from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, of the native peoples of the Americas, including Columbus's descriptions of his first voyage. Documents the emergence of a primal anthropology and how Spanish ethnological classifications were integral to colonial discovery, occupation, and conquest"--Provided by publisher.

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Penn State Press

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0271037997

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9780271037998

American Idolatry

How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

By: Andrew L. Whitehead

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American Idolatry

How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

By: Andrew L. Whitehead

Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity. Andrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book, he shares his journey and reveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church. Whitehead shows how Christians harm their neighbors when they embrace the idols of power, fear, and violence. He uses two key examples--racism and xenophobia--to demonstrate that these idols violate core Christian beliefs. Through stories, he illuminates expressions of Christianity that confront Christian nationalism and offer a faithful path forward. American Idolatry encourages further conversation about what Christian nationalism threatens, how to face it, and why it is vitally important to do so. It will help identify Christian nationalism and build a framework that makes sense of the relationship between faith and the current political and cultural context.

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Baker Books

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1493441973

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Human No More

Digital Subjectivities, Unhuman Subjects, and the End of Anthropology

By: Neil L. Whitehead,Michael Wesch

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Human No More

Digital Subjectivities, Unhuman Subjects, and the End of Anthropology

By: Neil L. Whitehead,Michael Wesch

Turning an anthropological eye toward cyberspace, Human No More explores how conditions of the online world shape identity, place, culture, and death within virtual communities. Online worlds have recently thrown into question the traditional anthropological conception of place-based ethnography. They break definitions, blur distinctions, and force us to rethink the notion of the “subject.” Human No More asks how digital cultures can be integrated and how the ethnography of both the “unhuman” and the “digital” could lead to possible reconfiguring the notion of the “human.” This provocative and groundbreaking work challenges fundamental assumptions about the entire field of anthropology. Cross-disciplinary research from well-respected contributors makes this volume vital to the understanding of contemporary human interaction. It will be of interest not only to anthropologists but also to students and scholars of media, communication, popular culture, identity, and technology.

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University Press of Colorado

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145711738X

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Virtual War and Magical Death

Technologies and Imaginaries for Terror and Killing

By: Neil L. Whitehead,Sverker Finnström

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Virtual War and Magical Death

Technologies and Imaginaries for Terror and Killing

By: Neil L. Whitehead,Sverker Finnström

Virtual War and Magical Death is a provocative examination of the relations between anthropology and contemporary global war. Several arguments unite the collected essays, which are based on ethnographic research in varied locations, including Guatemala, Uganda, and Tanzania, as well as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and the United States. Foremost is the contention that modern high-tech warfare—as it is practiced and represented by the military, the media, and civilians—is analogous to rituals of magic and sorcery. Technologies of "virtual warfare," such as high-altitude bombing, remote drone attacks, night-vision goggles, and even music videoes and computer games that simulate battle, reproduce the imaginative worlds and subjective experiences of witchcraft, magic, and assault sorcery long studied by cultural anthropologists. Another significant focus of the collection is the U.S. military's exploitation of ethnographic research, particularly through its controversial Human Terrain Systems (HTS) Program, which embeds anthropologists as cultural experts in military units. Several pieces address the ethical dilemmas that HTS and other counterinsurgency projects pose for anthropologists. Other essays reveal the relatively small scale of those programs in relation to the military's broader use of, and ambitions for, social scientific data. Contributors. Robertson Allen, Brian Ferguson, Sverker Finnström, Roberto J. González, David H. Price, Antonius Robben, Victoria Sanford, Jeffrey Sluka, Koen Stroeken, Matthew Sumera, Neil L. Whitehead

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Duke University Press

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0822354470

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9780822354475

Women of Color Navigating Mentoring Relationships

Critical Examinations

By: Keisha Edwards Tassie,Sonja M. Brown Givens

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Women of Color Navigating Mentoring Relationships

Critical Examinations

By: Keisha Edwards Tassie,Sonja M. Brown Givens

Women of Color Navigating Mentoring Relationships explores and critically examines the opportunities and challenges presented in mentoring relationships involving women of color. While all mentoring relationships are unique to the individuals involved in them, this book highlights the roles of race, class, and gender-oriented constructions in the establishment, maintenance, and dissolution of specific mentoring relationships in which women of color are engaged. This edited collection argues that traditional notions of mentoring fail to account for intersectionality and power dynamics that can have profound effects on mentoring practices, and that institutional “best practices” for mentoring do little to address the impact of constructions of “otherness” on the success (or failure) of mentoring relationships involving women of color.. Recommended for scholars of communication studies, gender studies, race studies, and for scholars pursuing a career in academia.

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Lexington Books

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1498541070

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Adult YPWW Spring Quarter 2021 (Mar-May)

By: James L. Whitehead

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Adult YPWW Spring Quarter 2021 (Mar-May)

By: James L. Whitehead

The Adult YPWW Topic literature is a comprehensive discussion of issues that the parents and grandparents of today's youth must address. Its pertinent subject matter will open the eyes of the reader, and help them understand better how to assist today's teenager and the young adult. Features Memory Verse: The key Bible verse summarizes the Scriptural message of the lesson. Students are encouraged to memorize Scriptures. Lesson AIM: Gives clear objectives and lesson goals for students. Key Terms: Definition of Hebrew and Greek words. To enlighten the reader of the original language. Introduction: Provides biblical and historical background information as it relates to the focal verse of the lesson, laying the foundation for further discussion. Discussion: Has clear and effective class guides on how to run a discussion filled 1-hour class. Application: A practical application of the lesson to a range of topics such a healthcare, education, politics, or international issues. Lesson Illustration: Help illuminates Scriptures and makes teaching clear and memorable. Parallel versions of King James Version/New International Version: Allows for deeper understanding and more in-depth discussions.

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Church Of God In Christ Publishing House

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168087506X

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Groomed

By: Jerome L. Whitehead

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Groomed

By: Jerome L. Whitehead

It is estimated that 1 in every 6 boys will experience a sexual encounter with an adult at some point in their lives before they reach the age of consent. In this day and age, many adults find this topic unsettling and will often circumvent the issue even if they remotely suspect that some form of abuse may be occurring. Parents, regardless of intent, have a tendency to blame the victim, which further perpetuate feelings of guilt and shame in the child. They don't know what questions to ask, and if they do, they may not believe the answer no matter how honest the child is capable of being at that moment. Groomed tells the story of abuse and how it changed the trajectory of who the author would have been. The story is told from the perspective of a thirteen-year-old victim and a fifty-five-year-old survivor.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1640825657

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Emerging Histories in Madagascar

By: Neil Whitehead

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Emerging Histories in Madagascar

By: Neil Whitehead

A special issue of Ethnohistory

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082236509X

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The Caribbean Basin

By: Neil L. Whitehead

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The Caribbean Basin

By: Neil L. Whitehead

This special issue of Ethnohistory focuses on the Caribbean basin and present articles that are both archaeological and historical in nature as well as those informed by the current contexts of local identity. The purely geographical emphasis allows comparisons across a region that has been notoriously fragmented in cultural and historical terms.

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Book's by L. Whitehead

Taking America Back for God

Taking America Back for God

Dark Shamans

Dark Shamans

Of Cannibals and Kings

Of Cannibals and Kings

American Idolatry

American Idolatry

Human No More

Human No More

Virtual War and Magical Death

Virtual War and Magical Death

Women of Color Navigating Mentoring Relationships

Women of Color Navigating Mentoring Relationships

Adult YPWW Spring Quarter 2021 (Mar-May)

Adult YPWW Spring Quarter 2021 (Mar-May)

Groomed

Groomed

Emerging Histories in Madagascar

Emerging Histories in Madagascar

The Caribbean Basin

The Caribbean Basin

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