Robert P. Jones
American researcher and author; founder and CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI); author of The End of White Christian America (2016) and White Too Long (2020), examining race, religion, and politics in the United States.
Books
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1. The Hidden Roots Of White Supremacy
A historical and sociological examination of how religious beliefs, institutions, and narratives have helped construct and sustain white racial identity and dominance in the United States, tracing links from slavery and Reconstruction through 20th- and 21st-century Christian nationalism; the book shows how theology, rituals, and religious authority have been mobilized to normalize racial hierarchy, uses archival research, interviews, and polling to explain why many white Americans see Christianity and whiteness as intertwined, and argues that disentangling faith from racial control requires both theological reckoning and concrete institutional reforms.
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2. Il Mondo Conosciuto
Un romanzo ambientato nel Sud anteguerra civile che esplora la complessità morale e sociale della schiavitù attraverso la vita di una comunità in cui, sorprendentemente, anche alcuni neri sono proprietari di schiavi; seguendo le vicende di un ex schiavo che diventa proprietario terriero, il libro mette in luce i paradossi del potere, le tensioni familiari, le leggi e le pratiche economiche che sostengono un sistema violento, mostrando come complicità, ambizione e circostanze plasmino destini individuali e collettivi.