American Blindspot

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Dr. Rodrigo Serrão and Dr. Gerardo Martí discuss his recent book on race, class, religion, and the Trump Presidency

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Dr. Rodrigo Serrão and Dr. Gerardo Martí discuss his book American Blindspot: Race, Class, Religion, and the Trump Presidency (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020). Published in January, the book offers a comprehensive overview of the forces that led to the election of the 45th president of the United States, carefully synthesizing the latest scholarship and historical research. In this timely—if not urgent—conversation, Dr. Serrão and Dr. Martí discuss the roles that race, class, and religion have played in the United States, where white Christianity is wrapped up in nationalism.

 
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Gerardo Martí

Dr. Gerardo Martí is Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. He is also President-Elect of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and his book, The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2014), co-written with Gladys Ganiel, received the 2015 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Currently, Dr. Martí’s research is funded generously through Lilly Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative and focused on churches actively confronting racial injustice. His most recent book is American Blindspot: Race, Class, Religion, and the Trump Presidency (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020).

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Rodrigo Serrão

Dr. Rodrigo Serrão is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hope College. His research focuses on the intersection of race/ethnicity, religion, and immigration in the United States. He also writes on political sociology, region, and race in Brazil. He has recently published an article on racism and regional bias in Brazil (published by Latin American Perspectives). With João Chaves, he wrote on the reactions and responses to COVID-19 by some Brazilian immigrant churches in Florida (published by the International Journal of Latin American Religions). In addition, Dr. Serrão has engaged in public sociology by writing essays on his experience as an international student in a theological seminary in the United States (posted on Good Faith Media) and on the issue of racial democracy and racism in Brazil (posted on The North American Congress on Latin America [NACLA]). Dr. Serrão was born and raised in Brazil and currently resides in Holland, Michigan, with his partner Adriana and their daughter Liz.

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