Blacks and Whites in Christian America : How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shelton, Jason E.
Otros Autores: Emerson, Michael O., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race discrimination > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Race discrimination.
Protestant churches > Doctrines.
Faith.
Black theology.
African Americans > Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
RELIGION > Christianity > Protestant.
faith.
Noirs americains > Religion.
Discrimination raciale > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Theologie noire.
Églises protestantes > États-Unis > Doctrines.
Foi.
Protestant churches > United States > Doctrines.
Race discrimination > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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