Blacks and Whites in Christian America :: how racial discrimination shapes religious convictions /

In this engaging and accessible sociological study of white and black Christian beliefs, Jasom E. Shelton and Michael O. Emerson explore why those differences exist. Drawing on the most comprehensive and systematic empirical analysis of African American religious actions and beliefs to date, they de...

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Main Author: Shelton, Jason E.
Other Authors: Emerson, Michael O., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2012.
Series:Religion and social transformation.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:In this engaging and accessible sociological study of white and black Christian beliefs, Jasom E. Shelton and Michael O. Emerson explore why those differences exist. Drawing on the most comprehensive and systematic empirical analysis of African American religious actions and beliefs to date, they delineate five building blocks of black Protestant faith which have emerged from the particular dynamics of American race relations. Shelton and Emerson find that America's history of racial oppression has had a deep and fundamental effect on the religious beliefs and practices of blacks and whites across America.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 279 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0814722776
9780814722770
9780814722787
0814722784