Dismantling White Christian Supremacy

The decline of Christianity in the U.S. is a symptom of its theological crisis: the entanglement of Christian supremacy with white racism, shrouded in a savior complex.In todays post-Christian world, the supremacy entanglement takes the shape ofwhite Christian congregations (of all ideologies) striving to save their communitiesby imposingreligious moralsassocial solutions.It looks like American Christians complaining when people say, Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas.And it reliablydemonstratesitself in white Christians unwillingness to view supremacy as a problemnot onlyfor the racialized other but for whites themselves.Dismantling White Christian Supremacyis an instructive review of thehistory undergirding the legacy of supremacy, andan urgent call forwhite Americancongregationsto invest ina livingfaithapartfrom thestatus quothrough three essential steps.Step 1: Acknowledge.Step 2: Repent.Step 3: Repair.