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whiteanity

whiteanity proper noun: a white supremacist form of Christianity.

Proper noun

whiteanity

  1. (Black liberation theology) A white supremacist form of Christianity.
    • To make life more human for the oppressed and to reclaim the humanity of the oppressed as well, the racism that is built into our most cherished institutions, including our churches, must be attacked and removed “root and branch.” Without this there can be “whiteanity,” but there can be no genuine...1974, J. Deotis Roberts, A Black Political Theology, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, published 2005, →ISBN, →OL, page 68
    • Is it an authentic liberation theology, or is it Christianity/Whiteanity—a religion of oppression, a species of the slave master’s Frankenstein mutation of biblical religion and Christianity that Carter G. Woodson labels mis-religion and Benjamin Mays, “compensatory beliefs”?1998, William R. Jones, Is God a White Racist?: A Preamble to Black Theology, Boston: Beacon Press, →ISBN, →OL, page ix

Origin of whiteanity

Blend of white + Christianity.

Questions about whiteanity

What does whiteanity mean?
Whiteanity means a white supremacist form of Christianity.
What part of speech is whiteanity?
Whiteanity is a proper noun.

Words near whiteanity in the dictionary

  1. Whiteacre
  2. Whiteadder
  3. Whiteaker
  4. Whiteakers
  5. Whitean
  6. whiteanity
  7. whiteass
  8. whiteasses
  9. whiteback
  10. whitebacks
  11. whitebagging

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