Winner from the 2019 Grawemeyer Prize in Religion

Robert P. Jones, CEO of the general public Religion Study Institute, spells out the serious political and social consequences of a new reality-that America is usually no longer a majority white Christian country. “Potentially one of the most illuminating text for this election 12 months” (THE BRAND NEW York Times Book Review).

For most of our nation’s history, White Christian America (WCA) set the tone for our nationwide policy and shaped American ideals. But specifically about THE FINISH of White Christian America since the 1990s, WCA offers steadily lost impact, pursuing declines within both its mainline and evangelical branches. Today, America is usually no longer demographically or culturally many white, Christian country.

Drawing on more than four decades of polling data, The End of White Christian America explains and analyzes the waning vitality of WCA. Robert P. Jones argues which the visceral character of today’s most warmed issues-the vociferous quarrels around same-sex marriage and religious and sexual liberty, the rise of the Tea Party following a election of our initial black chief executive, and stark disagreements between black and white Americans on the fairness from the criminal justice system-can just become understood against the setting of white Christians’ anxieties as America’s racial and spiritual topography shifts around them.

Beyond 2016, the descendants of WCA will absence the political power they once had to create the conditions of the nation’s argument over ideals and morals and to determine election outcomes. Searching forward, Jones forecasts the ways that they might adjust to find their place in the brand new America-and the results for all of us all if indeed they don’t. “Jones’s analysis can be an insightful mix of history, sociology, religious studies, and political technology….This book will be of interest to a wide range of readers across the political spectrum” (Library Journal).