When you write about Christianity and political or social issues, as we do, and especially if your writing portrays some Christians in an unflattering light, one of the reactions you frequently get from Christians is that “not all of us are like that.” Scholars and others who write on these topics are accused of painting Christians with a broad brush. But one of the primary goals of this book is to better understand the differences within white Christianity—to draw distinctions between those who follow the Religion of Whiteness and those who don’t.
