{"product_id":"blacks-and-whites-in-christian-america-how-racial-discrimination-shapes-religious-convictions-paperback-softback-9780814722763","title":"Blacks and Whites in Christian America; How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions (Paperback \/ softback) 9780814722763","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBlacks and Whites in Christian America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJason E. Shelton (Author), Michael Oluf Emerson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780814722763\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 October 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e290 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Blacks and Whites in Christian America is an excellent contribution to the study of race and religion...Shelton and Emerson have written an accessible and informative book that is suitable for multiple audiences, including undergraduate and graduate students, scholars of religion or race, and church leaders and attendees. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in theology, religious studies, or race relations.\" - Kendra Barber (Religious Research Association Review) \"[T]he research is solid and grounded in accepted sociological theory. Moreover, Blacks and Whites in Christian Americais accessible to non-social scientists, which makes it an important read for those involved in interdisciplinary studies.\" - Bryan F. Le Beau (American Studies) \"I strongly recommend Blacks and Whites in Christian America: How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions. This is a rigorous study of race as a source of intragroup differences among Protestants and is a must read for anyone interested in the intersections of race, religion, and inequality in America.\" - Ryon J. Cobb (Sociology of Religion) \"What separates this book from previous research is the careful attention that the authors pay to questions of Why? or What does it mean? when presenting these research findings.\" - Eric Tranby (American Journal of Sociology) \"This is a book about the religion of a people whose 'back is against the wall,' to quote Howard Thurmond, the African American theologian. Shelton and Emerson show how blacks, from slavery down to the present, have re-envisioned Christianitya religion that was once used to give moral legitimacy to slaveryinto a faith that has provided meaning, inspiration, and hope as they struggle to affirm their humanity and achieve racial justice.\" - Stephen Steinberg,Distinguished Professor of Urban Studies, Queens College \"Blacks and Whites in Christian America is a major sociological examination of religion and race.Jason Shelton and Michael Emerson carefully document and analyze differences between black and white Americans in how they practice and express their Christian faith.They identify the enduring ways that the tragic American habit of racial oppression and privilege has worked to create a distinctive black sacred cosmos.With excellent national survey data and powerful supplemental interviews, they show the key building blocks and dynamics of the racialized religious experience in America.This book is a must read for anyone serious about understanding the interplay of race, religion, and American character.\" - Lawrence D. Bobo,W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Social Sciences, Harvard \"This book is written in such a way that it is suitable for multiple audiences, with the more complex discussions of multivariate relationships largely available online or upon request. This work can fit well under multiple course offerings, including sociology of religion, culture, and race, as well as religious studies, ethics, theology, ethnic studies, and African-American studies. Undergraduate students will find this work engaging and illuminating. Graduate students in sociology will find this especially useful for its attention to detail, mixed-method approach, and substantive contributions for further hypothesis testing.\" (Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion) \"This book will prove to be required reading for those that seek to comprehend the nuances in why religion and 'race' have historically created and shaped an outcome that now distinguishes different form of Christianity.\" (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2012 Winner of the C. Calvin Smith Award presented by the Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2014 Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Book Award presented by the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion Section\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conventional wisdom holds that Christians, as members of a\u003cbr\u003e \"universal\" religion, all believe more or less the same things\u003cbr\u003e when it comes to their faith. Yet black and white Christians\u003cbr\u003e differ in significant ways, from their frequency of praying or\u003cbr\u003e attending services to whether they regularly read the Bible or\u003cbr\u003e believe in Heaven or Hell.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this engaging and accessible sociological study of white\u003cbr\u003e and black Christian beliefs, Jason E. Shelton and Michael O.\u003cbr\u003e Emerson push beyond establishing that there are racial differences\u003cbr\u003e in belief and practice among members of American\u003cbr\u003e Protestantism to explore why those differences exist. Drawing\u003cbr\u003e on the most comprehensive and systematic empirical\u003cbr\u003e analysis of African American religious actions and beliefs\u003cbr\u003e to date, they delineate five building blocks of black Protestant\u003cbr\u003e faith which have emerged from the particular dynamics\u003cbr\u003e of American race relations. Shelton and Emerson find that\u003cbr\u003e America's history of racial oppression has had a deep and\u003cbr\u003e fundamental effect on the religious beliefs and practices of\u003cbr\u003e blacks and whites across America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563835453720,"sku":"9780814722763","price":23.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/blacks-and-whites-in-christian-america-how-racial-discrimination-shapes-religious-convictions-paperback-softback-9780814722763","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}