Autorentext
Gerardo Martí is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. A prolific and award-winning scholar, his research examines religious innovation and the ways religion shapes racial dynamics and political engagement in the United States.

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American Blindspot: Race, Class, Religion, and the Trump Presidency is a careful exploration of the forces that led to the election of the 45th president of the United States.

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Preface

Chapter 1: The Unexpected President: The 2016 Trump Election and White Evangelical Support

Chapter 2: Deep Cultural Background on Racial Inequality: Slavery and Territorial Expansion in Early America

Chapter 3: Racialized Power and Constraints of Freedom after Slavery: Failure of Reconstruction

Chapter 4: A "True American" Identity: Immigration and the Restriction of Citizenship

Chapter 5: Business-Friendly Evangelicalism: Theological Turn of Mid-Twentieth-Century Christianity

Chapter 6: The Establishment of Free-Market Conservatism: Religious Imperatives of Regan-Era Economics

Chapter 7: Reactionary Politics of the Tea Party: Barack Obama and His Critics

Chapter 8: Increased Concentration of Elite Wealth through Asset Growth: The 2007 Market Collapse and the Rule of Finance

Chapter 9: Identity Politics and Evangelical Support: Trump's White Christian Nationalism

Chapter 10: Conclusion: Ethnoreligious Structures of Inequality in the Trump Presidency

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