White Theology ─ Outing Supremacy in Modernity

White Theology re-examines white race privilege throughout history and its relationship to black theology. James W. Perkinson articulates a white theology of responsibility responding to the claims of James Cone (and other black scholars) that serious engagement with history and culture must be at the heart of any American projection of integrity or "salvation" in the modern period. Perkinson interweaves autobiography and postcolonial analysis, history, and phenomenology to explore white supremacy and the future of religious studies. This is an essential and groundbreaking book for courses in religious studies, African American studies, and theology.

James W. Perkinson is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Marygrove College, and Associate Professor of Ethics at Ecumenical Theological Seminary. He is the author of Shamanism, Racism and Hip Hop Culture forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan.