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Blacks and Whites in Christian America
How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions
Av Jason E. Shelton, Michael Oluf Emerson
Inbunden, 2012
1013 kr
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2012 Winner of the C. Calvin Smith Award presented by the Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc. 2014 Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Book Award presented by the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion Section Conventional wisdom holds that Christians, as …
Blacks and Whites in Christian America
How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions
Av Jason E. Shelton, Michael Oluf Emerson
Häftad, 2012
428 kr
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2012 Winner of the C. Calvin Smith Award presented by the Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc. 2014 Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Book Award presented by the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion Section Conventional wisdom holds that Christians, as …
All You That Labor
Religion and Ethics in the Living Wage Movement
Inbunden, 2011
685 kr
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"Come to me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."Mathew 11:28 (AKJV)In the early 1990s, a grassroots coalition of churches in Baltimore, Maryland helped launch what would become a national movement. Joining forces with labor and low-wage worker organizations, they …
Prophetic Activism
Progressive Religious Justice Movements in Contemporary America
Inbunden, 2011
1225 kr
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While the links between conservative Christians and politics have been drawn strongly in recent years, coming to embody what many think of as religious activism, the profoundly religious nature of community organizing and other more left-leaning justice work has been largely overlooked. Prophetic …
Prophetic Activism
Progressive Religious Justice Movements in Contemporary America
Häftad, 2011
428 kr
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While the links between conservative Christians and politics have been drawn strongly in recent years, coming to embody what many think of as religious activism, the profoundly religious nature of community organizing and other more left-leaning justice work has been largely overlooked. Prophetic …
Networking the Black Church
Digital Black Christians and Hip Hop
Inbunden, 2022
1183 kr
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Provides a timely portrait of young Black Christians and how digital technology is transforming the Black ChurchThey stand at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter movement, push the boundaries of the Black Church through online expression of Christian hip hop, and redefine what it means to be …
Networking the Black Church
Digital Black Christians and Hip Hop
Häftad, 2022
400 kr
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Provides a timely portrait of young Black Christians and how digital technology is transforming the Black ChurchThey stand at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter movement, push the boundaries of the Black Church through online expression of Christian hip hop, and redefine what it means to be …
Religion, Race, and COVID-19
Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic
Inbunden, 2022
1013 kr
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Examines how the dynamics emerging from the pandemic affect our most vulnerable populations and shape a new religious landscapeThe COVID-19 pandemic upset virtually every facet of society and, in many cases, exposed gross inequality and dysfunction. The particular dynamics emerging from the …
Religion, Race, and COVID-19
Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic
Häftad, 2022
372 kr
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Examines how the dynamics emerging from the pandemic affect our most vulnerable populations and shape a new religious landscapeThe COVID-19 pandemic upset virtually every facet of society and, in many cases, exposed gross inequality and dysfunction. The particular dynamics emerging from the …
Ecopiety
Green Media and the Dilemma of Environmental Virtue
Inbunden, 2019
1013 kr
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Tackles a human problem we all share―the fate of the earth and our role in its future Confident that your personal good deeds of environmental virtue will save the earth? The stories we encounter about the environment in popular culture too often promote an imagined moral economy, assuring us that …
Pillars of Cloud and Fire
The Politics of Exodus in African American Biblical Interpretation
Häftad, 2015
386 kr
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At the birth of the United States, African Americans were excluded from the newly-formed Republic and its churches, which saw them as savage rather than citizen and as heathen rather than Christian. Denied civil access to the basic rights granted to others, African Americans have developed their …
Womanist Bioethics
Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women's Health
Inbunden, 2025
1043 kr
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Offers Bioethics a bold approach to redress its failing of Black womenBlack people, and especially Black women, suffer and die from diseases at much higher rates than their white counterparts. The vast majority of these health disparities are not attributed to behavioral differences or biology, but …
Womanist Bioethics
Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women's Health
Häftad, 2025
340 kr
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Offers Bioethics a bold approach to redress its failing of Black womenBlack people, and especially Black women, suffer and die from diseases at much higher rates than their white counterparts. The vast majority of these health disparities are not attributed to behavioral differences or biology, but …
Misrepresented People
Manhood in Black Religious Thought
Inbunden, 2025
1013 kr
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Offers a Black male response to the challenge of womanist thoughtAlthough much Black religious scholarship has engaged with feminist theory and womanist thought, a gap remains where little work has been done in religious studies to investigate the Black male experience. A Misrepresented People …
Misrepresented People
Manhood in Black Religious Thought
Häftad, 2025
330 kr
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Offers a Black male response to the challenge of womanist thoughtAlthough much Black religious scholarship has engaged with feminist theory and womanist thought, a gap remains where little work has been done in religious studies to investigate the Black male experience. A Misrepresented People …
Restorative Justice and Lived Religion
Transforming Mass Incarceration in Chicago
Inbunden, 2024
1013 kr
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Frames restorative justice as a form of moral and spiritual practice with the capacity to transform injusticeIn the United States "restorative justice" typically refers to small-scale measures that divert alleged wrongdoers from a standard path through the criminal justice system by funneling them …
Restorative Justice and Lived Religion
Transforming Mass Incarceration in Chicago
Häftad, 2024
330 kr
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Frames restorative justice as a form of moral and spiritual practice with the capacity to transform injusticeIn the United States "restorative justice" typically refers to small-scale measures that divert alleged wrongdoers from a standard path through the criminal justice system by funneling them …
White Property, Black Trespass
Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization
Inbunden, 2024
1126 kr
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Uncovers the inherently religious structure of the criminalization of Black, Indigenous, and dispossessed peoplesMost popular critical accounts of mass criminalization interpret police and prisons as purely social or political phenomena. While such accounts have been indispensable in moving …
White Property, Black Trespass
Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization
Häftad, 2024
386 kr
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Uncovers the inherently religious structure of the criminalization of Black, Indigenous, and dispossessed peoplesMost popular critical accounts of mass criminalization interpret police and prisons as purely social or political phenomena. While such accounts have been indispensable in moving …
Contemporary Black Church
The New Dynamics of African American Religion
Inbunden, 2024
361 kr
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Charts the changing dynamics of religion and spirituality among African AmericansRecent decades have ushered in a profound transformation within the American religious landscape, characterized by an explosion of religious diversification and individualism as well as a rising number of "nones." The …
Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality
Africana Lessons on Religion, Racism, and Ending Gender Violence
Häftad, 2019
456 kr
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How activists in Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil provide inspiration and strategies for combating the gender violence epidemic in the United States How can the U.S. learn from the perspectives of anti-gender violence activists in South America and Africa as we seek to end intimate violence in this …
Pillars of Cloud and Fire
The Politics of Exodus in African American Biblical Interpretation
Inbunden, 2015
1225 kr
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At the birth of the United States, African Americans were excluded from the newly-formed Republic and its churches, which saw them as savage rather than citizen and as heathen rather than Christian. Denied civil access to the basic rights granted to others, African Americans have developed their …
End Is a Beginning
The Apocalypse in Black American Religion and Culture
Inbunden, 2027
1283 kr
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Offers a rare look at apocalyptic thinking in African American cultureThe End is a Beginning reimagines America's obsession with the "end of the world" by centering Black cultural productions as crucial sites for rethinking apocalypse, religion, and other possibilities. Drawing from theories of …
Contemporary Black Church
The New Dynamics of African American Religion
Häftad, 2026
217 kr
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Honorable Mention, 2026 Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association, Sociology of Religion SectionCharts the changing dynamics of religion and spirituality among African AmericansRecent decades have ushered in a profound transformation within the American religious …
Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality
Africana Lessons on Religion, Racism, and Ending Gender Violence
Inbunden, 2019
1240 kr
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How activists in Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil provide inspiration and strategies for combating the gender violence epidemic in the United States How can the U.S. learn from the perspectives of anti-gender violence activists in South America and Africa as we seek to end intimate violence in this …
Catholic Activism Today
Individual Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice
Inbunden, 2020
489 kr
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Uncovers why Catholic organizations fail to foster civic activismThe American Catholic Church boasts a long history of teaching and activism on issues of social justice. In the face of declining religious and community involvement in the twenty-first century, many modern-day Catholic groups aspire …
Religion and Progressive Activism
New Stories About Faith and Politics
Av Ruth Braunstein, Todd Nicholas Fuist m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
386 kr
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New stories about religiously motivated progressive activism challenge common understandings of the American political landscape.To many mainstream-media saturated Americans, the terms "progressive" and "religious" may not seem to go hand-in-hand. As religion is usually tied to conservatism, an …
Religion and Progressive Activism
New Stories About Faith and Politics
Av Ruth Braunstein, Todd Nicholas Fuist m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1126 kr
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New stories about religiously motivated progressive activism challenge common understandings of the American political landscape.To many mainstream-media saturated Americans, the terms "progressive" and "religious" may not seem to go hand-in-hand. As religion is usually tied to conservatism, an …
After the Protests Are Heard
Enacting Civic Engagement and Social Transformation
Häftad, 2019
245 kr
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When the protests are over, a guide to creating long-lasting social change beyond the barricadesFrom the Women's March in D.C. to #BlackLivesMatter rallies across the country, there has been a rising wave of protests and social activism. These events have been an important part of the battle to …
"Jesus Saved an Ex-Con"
Political Activism and Redemption After Incarceration
Häftad, 2018
358 kr
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An examination of the efforts of faith-based organizations to expand the rights of the formerly incarcerated The use of religion to rehabilitate and redeem formerly incarcerated individuals has been a cultural touchstone of the modern era. Yet religious outreach to those with criminal records has …
