2024/04/12 by Andrew McNeely · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Social Sciences · #Anthropological Studies and Insights #Culinary Culture and Tourism #Organic Food and Agriculture
paper · doi:10.1093/socrel/srae018
openalex publication_date 2024/04/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Abstract Whiteness continues to be a focus of scholarly research particularly as it informs understandings of white evangelical religious structures, organizations, and practices. This study draws on 34 months of ethnographic study to present a case study of an evangelical food pantry in central Texas and analyzes the policies, roles, and norms of the volunteers. The findings document examples of white, conservative, evangelical religious practices that promote the meaning–making and worldviews of evangelical volunteers while erasing and disempowering the recipients. Taken together, these findings add to our understanding of whiteness, which is already evidenced at the structural level by documenting examples of everyday practices in public spaces that promote racialized hierarchies.