Christian Supremacy
Magda Teter
This audiobook narrated by Erica Stevens Abbitt presents a panoramic cultural and legal history that traces the roots of antisemitism and racism to early Christian theology
Since the earliest days of Christianity, theologians expressed pervasive anxiety about Jews as equal members of society, and, with European expansion in the early modern period, that anxiety extended to people of color. This troubling legacy still haunts us today. Christian Supremacy demonstrates how theological and legal frameworks created by the church centuries ago laid the seeds of antisemitism and anti-Black racism and reveals why Christian identity lies at the heart of the world’s violent white supremacy movements.
In a powerful historical narrative spanning nearly two millennia, Magda Teter describes how Christian theology of late antiquity cast Jews as “children born to slavery,” and how the supposed theological inferiority of Jews became inscribed into law, creating tangible structures that reinforced a sense of Christian domination and superiority. With the dawn of European colonialism, a distinct brand of European Christian supremacy found expression in the legally sanctioned enslavement and exploitation of people of color, later taking the form of white Christian supremacy in the New World.
Drawing on a wealth of primary evidence ranging from the theological and legal to the philosophical and artistic, Christian Supremacy is a profound reckoning with history that traces the roots of the modern rejection of Jewish and Black equality to an enduring Christian heritage of exclusion, intolerance, and persecution.
Duration - 13h 22m.
Author - Magda Teter.
Narrator - Erica Stevens Abbitt.
Published Date - Monday, 16 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Magda Teter ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Magda Teter
Erica Stevens Abbitt
Princeton University Press
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
This audiobook narrated by Erica Stevens Abbitt presents a panoramic cultural and legal history that traces the roots of antisemitism and racism to early Christian theology Since the earliest days of Christianity, theologians expressed pervasive anxiety about Jews as equal members of society, and, with European expansion in the early modern period, that anxiety extended to people of color. This troubling legacy still haunts us today. Christian Supremacy demonstrates how theological and legal frameworks created by the church centuries ago laid the seeds of antisemitism and anti-Black racism and reveals why Christian identity lies at the heart of the world’s violent white supremacy movements. In a powerful historical narrative spanning nearly two millennia, Magda Teter describes how Christian theology of late antiquity cast Jews as “children born to slavery,” and how the supposed theological inferiority of Jews became inscribed into law, creating tangible structures that reinforced a sense of Christian domination and superiority. With the dawn of European colonialism, a distinct brand of European Christian supremacy found expression in the legally sanctioned enslavement and exploitation of people of color, later taking the form of white Christian supremacy in the New World. Drawing on a wealth of primary evidence ranging from the theological and legal to the philosophical and artistic, Christian Supremacy is a profound reckoning with history that traces the roots of the modern rejection of Jewish and Black equality to an enduring Christian heritage of exclusion, intolerance, and persecution. Duration - 13h 22m. Author - Magda Teter. Narrator - Erica Stevens Abbitt. Published Date - Monday, 16 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Magda Teter ©.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:14:47
Chapter 2
Duration:00:44:20
Chapter 3
Duration:00:47:59
Chapter 4
Duration:00:26:36
Chapter 5
Duration:00:41:50
Chapter 6
Duration:00:41:58
Chapter 7
Duration:00:46:27
Chapter 8
Duration:00:43:31
Chapter 9
Duration:00:45:45
Chapter 10
Duration:00:45:26
Chapter 11
Duration:00:54:40
Chapter 12
Duration:00:57:39
Chapter 13
Duration:00:57:28
Chapter 14
Duration:00:57:25
Chapter 15
Duration:00:35:17
Chapter 16
Duration:00:41:53
Chapter 17
Duration:00:41:05
Chapter 18
Duration:00:58:21