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Jesse Curtis

Jesse Curtis is Assistant Professor of History at Valparaiso University and author of the forthcoming book, The Myth of Colorblind Christians: Evangelicals and White Supremacy in the Civil Rights Era.

Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeJune 14, 2021

The Roots of White Evangelicalism’s Crisis Are in White Evangelical Churches, Not Republican Politics

By Jesse Curtis

In recent months, the Southern Baptist Convention has faced a steady stream of high-profile defections,…

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