Robert P. Jones

Jones is the president and founder of PRRI and the New York Times bestselling author of the The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future as well as White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, which won a 2021 American Book Award. He writes a weekly newsletter at https://www.whitetoolong.net/ .

Recent Articles

What White Christians Have Wrought

‘We must talk about how thoroughly Christian nationalism has infected mainstream white Christianity,’ writes Robert P. Jones.

By Robert P. Jones

Trump’s Christian Nationalist Vision for America

Trump’s bond with his supporters is forged from his militant mission to return power to white Christian America, writes Robert P. Jones.

By Robert P. Jones

The Roots of Christian Nationalism Go Back Further Than You Think

"To fully understand the deep roots of today’s white Christian nationalism, we need to go back at least to 1493," writes Robert P. Jones.

By Robert P. Jones

What America Could Look Like Without Fox News

Tucker Carlson is gone, but what if the network vanished too? A data-based thought experiment.

By Robert P. Jones

It’s Time to Stop Giving Christianity a Pass on White Supremacy and Violence

In the wake of the massacre in Buffalo, we have all, naturally, tried to understand what could have caused someone to commit such a horrific act of violence. This young white man linked his motivations...

By Robert P. Jones

The Unmaking of the White Christian Worldview

As I came of age in Woodville Heights Baptist Church, on the white working-class side of Jackson, Miss., I internalized a cycle of sin, confession and repentance as a daily part of my life. Though...

By Robert P. Jones

Donald Trump and the Transformation of White Evangelicals

The Trump era has effectively turned white-evangelical political ethics on its head

By Robert P. Jones
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