Part 1: What is Christian Hegemony?

Part 2: Manifestations of Christian Hegemony

Language

Names

Symbols

Original Christians

The Other

Credibility

Exotic and Erotic

Privilege

Christian Holiday Cycle

Part 3: Key Christian Concepts

Dualism

The Cosmic Battle: Good and Evil

Love Within Hierarchy

Sinners Need Salvation

One Truth, One Way to God

Temporal Focus

Relationship with Nature

Challenging Dominant Concepts

Part 4: The Way We Think

Our Bodies and Feelings are Sinful

Judgment

Salvation

Purity

Christian Narratives

Conversion Narrative

The Jeremiad

Captivity Narrative

We Need a Savior

Charity

History

Apocalypse

Fear and Hope

Science and Technology

The Economy

The Criminal Legal System

Education

The Body, Desire and Disability

Doctrine of Discovery

How Do These Christian Ideas Manifest in Our Lives?

Part 5: Origins and History

The Papal Reformation

The Crusades

The Inquisitions

Witch-Hunts

The Protestant Reformation

Colonization: Crusades in the New World

Missionaries Spreading the Word

Manifest Destiny

Slavery and Its Legacy

The Jewish Holocaust

Part 6: Public Policy

US Foreign Policy

Us and Them

Manifest Destiny and War

International Influence

Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) and Faith-Based Funding

Christian Zionism

US Domestic Policy

Political Involvement

Workers’ Rights

Religious Immunity from Prosecution

Tax Breaks

Faith-Based Initiatives

Proselytizing

Islamophobia as Public Policy

Health Care

Abstinence vs. Harm Reduction

The War Against Women

Marriage

Domestic Violence

Parenting

Education

Environmental Issues

Seeing Through and Beyond Christian Frameworks

Part 7: Resistance

Christian Resistance

Resistance Outside of Christianity

Talking About Christian Hegemony

Allies, Collaborators and Agents

For the Long Haul

 

Endnotes

Appendix: Guidelines for Christian Allies

Glossary

Bibliography

Resources on Christian Hegemony and Resistance

Index

About the Author