Faith and race in American political life / edited by Robin Dale Jacobson and Nancy D. Wadsworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jacobson, Robin Dale.

Wadsworth, Nancy D., 1968-

Series:

Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

Race, ethnicity, and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race--Political aspects--United States.

Religion and politics--United States.

Minorities--United States--Politics and government.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wadsworth, University of Denver * Gerald R. Webster, University of Wyoming.

Contents:

Introduction: intersecting race and religion

Religion, race, and the American constitutional order / Eric Michael Mazur

Quakerism and racialism in early twentieth-century U.S. politics / Carlos Figueroa

Race, national identity, and the changing circumstances of Jewish immigrants in the United States / Susan M. Gordon

What would Robert E. Lee do? race, religion, and the debate over the confederate battle flag in the American South / Gerald R. Webster and Jonathan I. Leib

The black and white of moral values: how attending to race challenges the mythology of the relationship between religiosity and political attitudes and behavior / Robert P. Jones and Robert D. Francis

Latino religion and its political consequences: exploring national and local trends / Jessica Hamar Martínez, Edwin I. Hernández, and Milagros Peña

The stranger among us: the Christian right and immigration / Robin Dale Jacobson

Political advocacy through religious organization: the evolving role of the Nation of Islam / Catherine Paden

A demanding conversation: the Black manifesto in the Mennonite Church, 1969-1974 / Tobin miller shearer

Religion and race: South Asians in the post-9/11 United States / Sangay Mishra

Ambivalent miracles: the possibilities and limits of evangelical racial reconciliation politics / Nancy D. Wadsworth

Racial justice in the Protestant mainline: liberalism and its limits / Antony W. Alumkal.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613584670

9781280489440

1280489448

9780813932057

081393205X

OCLC:

793521356