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Blacks and Whites in Christian America : how racial discrimination shapes religious convictions / Jason E. Shelton and Michael O. Emerson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shelton, Jason E.
- Series:
- Religion and social transformation
- Religion and Social Transformation ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Religion.
- African Americans.
- Race discrimination--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Race discrimination.
- Race discrimination--United States.
- Black theology.
- Protestant churches--United States--Doctrines.
- Protestant churches.
- Faith.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 members of a“universal” religion, all believe more or less the same thingswhen it comes to their faith. Yet black and white Christiansdiffer in significant ways, from their frequency of praying orattending services to whether they regularly read the Bible orbelieve in Heaven or Hell.In this engaging and accessible sociological study of whiteand black Christian beliefs, Jason E. Shelton and Michael O.Emerson push beyond establishing that there are racial differencesin belief and practice among members of AmericanProtestantism to explore why those differences exist. Drawingon the most comprehensive and systematic empiricalanalysis of African American religious actions and beliefsto date, they delineate five building blocks of black Protestantfaith which have emerged from the particular dynamicsof American race relations. Shelton and Emerson find thatAmerica’s history of racial oppression has had a deep andfundamental effect on the religious beliefs and practices ofblacks and whites across America.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Why Do African Americans Pray So Oft en?
- 2. So Rooted a Past
- 3. The Apostles’ Creed
- 4. Learning and Burning
- 5. Religious Convictions
- 6. Shaded Morality
- 7. Far-Reaching Faith
- 8. Reconciling the Race Problem
- Epilogue
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)
- ISBN:
- 0-8147-2277-6
- OCLC:
- 813004997
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