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Abstract
In this paper, Dr. Peppers‐Bates ponders the persistence of individual and institutional racism among modern‐day Christians by applying the anthropological‐psychological lens of the scholar René Girard and his concepts of mimesis and the scapegoating mechanism. The message of the Gospel is incompatible with violence and hatred, yet those who embrace racial stereotyping, even as they call themselves ‘Christians’, are deaf to it.
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Peppers-Bates, Susan
(2012)
"The Satanic Nature of Racist “Christianity”,"
Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium: Vol. 6, Article 4.
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