Blacks and Whites in Christian America : how racial discrimination shapes religious convictions /
Shelton, Jason E.
Blacks and Whites in Christian America : how racial discrimination shapes religious convictions / Jason E. Shelton and Michael O. Emerson. - New York : New York University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) - Religion and social transformation .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Why do African Americans pray so often? -- So rooted a past: slavery and African American Protestant religious tradition -- The Apostles' creed: racial similarities in commitments to core Christian tenets -- Learning and burning: racial differences in "academic" versus "experiential" models of Christianity -- Religious convictions: everyday faith-based actions and beliefs -- Shaded morality: not so Black and White -- Far-reaching faith: evidence of an inclusive religious doctrine -- Reconciling the race problem: identity politics and the gulf between Black and White Protestants.
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.
9780814722770 9780814722787
2012016651
African Americans--Religion.
Race discrimination--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Race discrimination--United States.
Black theology.
Protestant churches--Doctrines.--United States
Faith.
Electronic Books.
BR563 / .B533 2012
Blacks and Whites in Christian America : how racial discrimination shapes religious convictions / Jason E. Shelton and Michael O. Emerson. - New York : New York University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) - Religion and social transformation .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Why do African Americans pray so often? -- So rooted a past: slavery and African American Protestant religious tradition -- The Apostles' creed: racial similarities in commitments to core Christian tenets -- Learning and burning: racial differences in "academic" versus "experiential" models of Christianity -- Religious convictions: everyday faith-based actions and beliefs -- Shaded morality: not so Black and White -- Far-reaching faith: evidence of an inclusive religious doctrine -- Reconciling the race problem: identity politics and the gulf between Black and White Protestants.
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.
9780814722770 9780814722787
2012016651
African Americans--Religion.
Race discrimination--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Race discrimination--United States.
Black theology.
Protestant churches--Doctrines.--United States
Faith.
Electronic Books.
BR563 / .B533 2012