Race, Religion, and Politics

Stephanie Y. Mitchem is professor of religious studies and women and gender studies at the University of South Carolina, where she also teaches African American studies . She is the author of several books, including Introducing Womanist Theology and African American Folk Healing.

Given the historical and socio-political emphases of Race, Religion, and Politics, upper-level undergraduate and graduate students would benefit most from reading this text, particularly those with a scholarly interest in Christian Ethics.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Human Rights and Religions in the United States 2 Driven by the Original Identity Politics 3 Broken Treaties, Resistance, and Decolonization 4 Black Identities and the Weight of History 5 Hispanics? “We Know Who We Are” 6 Asian Americans at the Race-Politics-Religion Intersection 7 Muslims, The Newest/Old Others 8 Race, Politics, and Religion: Toward Human Rights at theIntersection 9 Conclusion: Toward Human Rights from Below in the UnitedStates Appendix A: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix B: Commentary and Excerpts of Related United NationsDocuments and Concepts Selected Bibliography