cover image Arrogance of Faith: Christianity and Race in America from the Colonial Era to the Twentieth Century

Arrogance of Faith: Christianity and Race in America from the Colonial Era to the Twentieth Century

Forrest G. Wood, Mark Robert Schneider. Northeastern University Press, $16.95 (352pp) ISBN 978-1-55553-096-9

This historical study shows how the Bible has been used to justify slavery and promote racial divisions in society. ``Christianity, contends Wood in this extensive, hard-hitting critique, played a fundamental role in shaping the white racism undergirding black slavery and made possible the near-extermination of the American Indian,'' said PW. (June)