The Christian Roots of Antisemitism and Racism / Magda Teter
Christianity comes up with something different. Its supremacy and superiority and supersessionism is about conversion and domination to that truth. That’s what we’re seeing here in 2023 with the book bans, the erasure of certain kinds of history, and the imposition of beliefs through law.
Historian Madga Teter joins This is Hell! to discuss her new book, Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism, now available from Princeton University Press. The work offers "a panoramic cultural and legal history that traces the roots of antisemitism and racism to early Christian theology."
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Magda Teter
Magda Teter is Professor of History and the Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies at Fordham University. She is the author of Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism (2023) and Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth (2020), which won the National Book Award among other awards.