Routing Out Supremacy's Religious Roots: From Skin Color Back Through Bible Code to City-State Coercion
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description: Perkinson discusses the origins of colonialism and white supremacy, tracing it back to the relationship with the land. He explores the shift from pastoral-nomad lifeways to city-state agriculture, leading to a myth of cultivar sovereignty and Christian supremacy.
abstract: Perkinson discusses the origins of colonialism and white supremacy, tracing it back to the relationship with the land. He explores the shift from pastoral-nomad lifeways to city-state agriculture, leading to a myth of cultivar sovereignty and Christian supremacy. He argues that white supremacy is rooted in a myth of mastery over the non-human world, with a focus on urban-centered control of land. He highlights the resistance of pastoral nomad traditions against city-state coercion and the importance of a respectful land-based symbiosis. Furthermore, he stresses that the deep historical taproot of white supremacy implies a particular relationship to land centered in cities, supported by farmlands, and ultimately leading to the enslavement of both land and non-humankind.
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date published: 2025-06-13
date modified: 2025-06-13
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
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keywords: James W Perkinson, Psychology, SUSTAINABILITY, Nomads, Nominalism, Humans, Sovereignty, White supremacy, Mythology, Coercion, Symbiosis, Cities, Agricultural land, Colonialism, United States, US
author: James W. Perkinson
  type: Person
  affiliation: Ecumenical Theological Seminary
publisher: Outcome
citation: Perkinson, James W. 2024. “ROUTING OUT SUPREMACY’S RELIGIOUS ROOTS.” Cross Currents 74 (4): 501–18. https://doi.org/10.1353/cro.2024.a963639.