A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
A demographic and cultural account of the decline of white Protestant dominance in the United States.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It helps travelers separate the possible decline of a cultural establishment from the disappearance of Christianity itself. That distinction matters wherever inherited faith has been fused with racial identity, national belonging, or political power.
Good starting place if…
You want a sociological account of how demographic change, political realignment, and institutional decline are reshaping white Christianity in the United States.
Know before you begin…
Jones analyzes a broad religious and racial formation rather than every white congregation or Christian tradition. Published before several recent political developments, the book provides a historical threshold more than a complete account of the present.