"A polemic against white Christian nationalism in twenty-first century America"--
De la Torre Ordre des livres (chronologique)
Cet auteur explore les dimensions éthiques de la pensée contemporaine américaine, examinant comment la religion interagit avec l'oppression basée sur la race, la classe et le genre et l'impacte. Son travail universitaire applique une lentille socio-scientifique à la religiosité latino/a aux États-Unis, ainsi qu'aux théologies de la libération en Amérique latine. Grâce à cette approche interdisciplinaire, il examine de manière critique l'interaction complexe entre la foi, les structures sociales et l'inégalité. Ses écrits offrent des aperçus profonds sur les courants sociaux et théologiques actuels.
How curiously different is this white God from the one preached by Jesus, who understood faithfulness through our treatment of the hungry, thirsty, naked, alien, incarcerated, and infirm. This white God of empire suits global conquerors who benefit from stolen resources and the labor of those deemed inferior; however, such a deity can never represent the God of the conquered. Echoing James Cone's assertion that white Christianity is a satanic heresy, Miguel De La Torre argues that whiteness has corrupted Jesus' message. He critiques how white American Christians have allied with oppressors, subjugating the "least of these"—those marginalized by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. He highlights the overwhelming support for an antichrist president, who has exposed the deep-seated bigotry in American society. In this follow-up to Burying White Privilege, De La Torre outlines the need to decolonize Christianity and reclaim its revolutionary essence. He rejects timid white liberalism as mere complicity and, drawing from the parable of the sheep and the goats in Matthew, calls for unapologetic solidarity with the sheep and a firm rejection of the idolatrous Christianity of whiteness.