The Gospel Hijacked—How Faith Became a Weapon of White Supremacy

For centuries, Christianity was twisted into a tool of oppression. In The Serpent’s Empire, the author exposes how white supremacy didn’t merely coexist with American religion—it was baptized in it. From plantation pulpits that demanded obedience, to pastors who blessed lynchings with hymns, faith was used to sanctify terror.

This wasn’t the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was the gospel of empire—where whiteness became godliness, and resistance was called rebellion. Enslaved people were denied the liberating scriptures of Exodus and instead force-fed verses about servitude. Yet in the shadows, they carved a theology of freedom—singing spirituals and praying for deliverance under the stars.

The modern church cannot ignore this past. White churches must repent not just for what was done, but for what still continues: silence in the face of injustice, complicity cloaked in “unity,” and sermons that avoid truth. It’s time to tear down the golden calf of white Jesus and return to the Brown, revolutionary Christ of Nazareth. Liberation was always the message. The empire hijacked it.