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Christian Imperial Feminism : White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire

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Illuminates how white American Protestant women embraced a racially specific version of social inclusiveness that centered themselves as the norm Amidst the global instability of the early twentieth century, white Christian American women embraced the idea of an ?empire of Christ? that was racially diverse, but which they believed they were uniquely qualified to manage. America?s burgeoning power, combined with women?s rising roles within the church, led to white Protestant women adopting a feminism rooted in religion and imperialism. Gale L. Kenny examines this Christian imperial feminism from the women?s missionary movement to create a Christian world order. She shows that this Christian imperial feminism marked a break from an earlier Protestant world view that focused on moral and racial purity and in which interactions among races were inconceivable. This new approach actually prioritized issues like civil rights and racial integration, as well as the uplift of women, though the racially diverse world Christianity it aspired to was still to be rigidly hierarchically ordered, with white women retaining a privileged place as guardians. In exposing these dynamics, this book departs from recent scholarship on white evangelical nationalism to focus on the racial politics of white religious liberalism. Christian Imperial Feminism adds a necessary layer to our understanding of religion, gender, and empire.


Author: Gale L. Kenny
Publisher: NYU Press
Publication Date: Feb 06, 2024
Number of Pages: 288 pages
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1479825514
ISBN-13: 9781479825516

Christian Imperial Feminism : White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire

$105.67
 
Illuminates how white American Protestant women embraced a racially specific version of social inclusiveness that centered themselves as the norm Amidst the global instability of the early twentieth century, white Christian American women embraced the idea of an ?empire of Christ? that was racially diverse, but which they believed they were uniquely qualified to manage. America?s burgeoning power, combined with women?s rising roles within the church, led to white Protestant women adopting a feminism rooted in religion and imperialism. Gale L. Kenny examines this Christian imperial feminism from the women?s missionary movement to create a Christian world order. She shows that this Christian imperial feminism marked a break from an earlier Protestant world view that focused on moral and racial purity and in which interactions among races were inconceivable. This new approach actually prioritized issues like civil rights and racial integration, as well as the uplift of women, though the racially diverse world Christianity it aspired to was still to be rigidly hierarchically ordered, with white women retaining a privileged place as guardians. In exposing these dynamics, this book departs from recent scholarship on white evangelical nationalism to focus on the racial politics of white religious liberalism. Christian Imperial Feminism adds a necessary layer to our understanding of religion, gender, and empire.


Author: Gale L. Kenny
Publisher: NYU Press
Publication Date: Feb 06, 2024
Number of Pages: 288 pages
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1479825514
ISBN-13: 9781479825516
 

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