Book Summary and Reviews of The Seven Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism by Carter Heyward

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"Writing as a politically progressive white Christian American woman and a lesbian feminist theologian, author and Episcopal priest Heyward defines her audience for this book as being white Protestant Christians who are moderate to progressive in their politics and spirituality. To them she offers her take on what she calls the seven deadly sins of white Christian nationalism ("a movement spawned by white Christian Americans [men] to superimpose their conservative religious values on the leaders and laws of the United States of America"): the lust for omnipotence; entitlement; white supremacy; misogyny; capitalist spirituality; domination of the earth and its creatures; and violence. Readers will decide for themselves which sins are the most grievous, and will be helped by the book's third part, intended to encourage Christians to think about what they can do. Chapter-ending discussion questions may provoke heated debate, since the author is a resolute liberal and provocateur—which makes this book an unqualifiedly exciting read." ―Booklist

"What's most impressive about this book is Carter Heyward's ability to document and expose—without mincing words—White Christian nationalism as our country's true original sin. Heyward never shouts in this lucid and timely book." ―Pedro A. Sandín-Fremaint, author of And Yet… A Faith Journey

"Progressive theologian Carter Heyward is as fearless as she is brilliant in naming how our body politic is in political, moral, and spiritual crisis. May her sound advice be heeded before it's too late." ―Marvin M. Ellison, author of Making Love Just: Sexual Ethics for Perplexing Times

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Carter Heyward

Carter Heyward is an American feminist theologian and priest in the Episcopal Church, the province of the worldwide Anglican Communion in the United States. In 1974, she was one of the Philadelphia Eleven, eleven women whose ordinations eventually paved the way for the recognition of women as priests in the Episcopal Church in 1976. Heyward is the author of some eleven books and has edited / contributed to a further three. Her most recent books are Tears of Christopena: Mystical Musings on Grief, Evil, and Godding and She Flies On: A White Christian Debutante Wakes Up. She lives the North Carolina mountains south of Asheville.

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