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<p>This article is the fuller version of the 2021 ‘Feanley Hartley Lecture’ that was given on 17 May. This paper is drawn from more current research and a reappraisal of my earliest post-doctoral scholarship, dating back twenty years, in order to assess the theological challenge of systemic racism and the socio-cultural, economic and political challenge of ‘Whiteness’. Utilising the scholarship of Willie James Jennings’ <italic>After Whiteness</italic> and my 2003 book <italic>Nobodies to Somebodies</italic>, I seek to reflect on the extent to which the contemporary and historic phenomenon that is the Methodist Church of Great Britain has been enshrined in and defined by ‘Whiteness’.</p>
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This article is the fuller version of the 2021 ‘Feanley Hartley Lecture’ that was given on 17 May. This paper is drawn from more current research and a reappraisal of my earliest post-doctoral scholarship, dating back twenty years, in order to assess the theological challenge of systemic racism and the socio-cultural, economic and political challenge of ‘Whiteness’. Utilising the scholarship of Willie James Jennings’ After Whiteness and my 2003 book Nobodies to Somebodies, I seek to reflect on the extent to which the contemporary and historic phenomenon that is the Methodist Church of Great Britain has been enshrined in and defined by ‘Whiteness’.

Whiteness, Patronage and Bourgeois Respectability in the Methodist Church: The Fernley-Hartley Lecture, 2021

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This article is the fuller version of the 2021 ‘Feanley Hartley Lecture’ that was given on 17 May. This paper is drawn from more current research and a...

Whiteness, Patronage and Bourgeois Respectability in the Methodist Church: The Fernley-Hartley Lecture, 2021

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Oct 26, 2022

Page range: 77 - 90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/holiness-2021-0010

Keywords
Whiteness, patronage, the Methodist Church of Great Britain, Colonialism, Respectability

© 2021 Reddie, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Whiteness, Patronage and Bourgeois Respectability in the Methodist Church: The Fernley-Hartley Lecture, 2021

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Oct 26, 2022

Page range: 77 - 90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/holiness-2021-0010

KeywordsWhiteness, patronage, the Methodist Church of Great Britain, Colonialism, Respectability

© 2021 Reddie, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Whiteness, patronage, the Methodist Church of Great Britain, Colonialism, Respectability