Race and Secularism in America / Jonathon Kahn, Vincent W. Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kahn, Jonathon, Editor.

Lloyd, Vincent W., Editor.

Series:

Religion, culture, and public life.

Religion, Culture, and Public Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secularism--United States.

Secularism.

Race.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This anthology draws bold comparisons between secularist strategies to contain, privatize, and discipline religion and the treatment of racialized subjects by the American state. Specializing in history, literature, anthropology, theology, religious studies, and political theory, contributors expose secularism's prohibitive practices in all facets of American society and suggest opportunities for change.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

INTRODUCTION

1. WHITE SUPREMACY AND BLACK INSURGENCY AS POLITICAL THEOLOGY

2. SECULAR COMPARED TO WHAT?

3. SLAVES, SLAVERY, AND THE SECULAR AGE

4. “WELCOME BACK TO THE LIVING”

5. OVERLOOKING RACE AND SECULARISM IN MUSLIM PHILADELPHIA

6. TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT AN INVISIBLE MAN

7. SECULAR COLONIALITY

8. BINDING LANDSCAPES

CONCLUSION

AFTERWORD: CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS: RACE, SECULARISM, GENDER

List of Contributors

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780231541275

0231541279

OCLC:

944961014