{"product_id":"smart-suits-tattered-boots-black-ministers-mobilizing-the-black-church-in-the-twenty-first-century-hardback-9781479808922","title":"Smart Suits, Tattered Boots; Black Ministers Mobilizing the Black Church in the Twenty-First Century (Hardback) 9781479808922","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSmart Suits, Tattered Boots\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBlack Ministers Mobilizing the Black Church in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKorie Little Edwards (Author), Michelle Oyakawa (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781479808922\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 February 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 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\"An excellent analysis of how dynamics such as the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and a Black Protestant ethic shaped successful efforts by Black clergy in Ohio to get out the vote during the 2012 presidential election. The book also vividly chronicles local tensions between politics and theologies that undermined participation by many of these same leaders with activist groups like Black Lives Matter. \u003ci\u003eSmart Suits, Tattered Boots\u003c\/i\u003e is a must read for anyone interested in leadership and civic engagement among contemporary Black ministers and the processes that can foster and\/or undermine such efforts.\" - Sandra L. Barnes, C. V. Starr Professor of Sociology, Brown University \"Featuring high quality social science research and drawing richly on a wide and appropriate range of works, \u003ci\u003eSmart Suits, Tattered Boots\u003c\/i\u003e makes an important contribution to the field.\" - Michael Emerson, co-author of Blacks and Whites in Christian America: How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions \"One must go quite far back to find articles that highlight the impact of Black church leadership (or really any congregational factors) on social movements … That makes the exposure to a top-notch analysis of the kinds of religious actors that \u003ci\u003eSmart Suits, Tattered Boots \u003c\/i\u003eprovides especially important.\" (Mobilization) \"[Edwards and Oyakawa] work hard to highlight that the power of the black preacher is not lost and give some insights into how new leaders can help bring about a new organization that merges the black church and new community organizations. The power of the black preacher remains, but they must hold on to the ideas of the past while working with the current system to build a brighter future.\" (Reading Religion)\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\u003eExplores the complex role that Black religious leaders play—or don't play—in twenty-first-century racial justice efforts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. along with many of his Black religious contemporaries courageously mobilized for freedom, ushering in the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century. Their efforts laid the groundwork for some of the greatest legislative changes in American history. Today, however, there is relatively limited mass mobilization led by Black religious leaders against systemic racism and racial inequality. Why don't we see more Black religious leadership in today's civil rights movements, such as Black Lives Matter?\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on fifty-four in-depth interviews with Black religious leaders and civic leaders in Ohio, Korie Litte Edwards and Michelle Oyakawa uncover several reasons, including a move away from engagement with independent Black-led civic groups toward white-controlled faith-based organizations, religious leaders' nostalgia for and personal links to the legacy of the civil rights movement, the challenges of organizing around race-based oppression in an allegedly post-racial world, and the hierarchical structure of the Black religious leadership network, which may impede ministers' work towards collective activism. \u003cbr\u003e Black clergy continue to care deeply about social justice and racial oppression. This book offers important insights into how they approach these issues today, illuminating the social processes that impact when, how, and why they participate in civic action in twenty-first-century America. It reveals the structure and limitations of the Black religious-leader community and its capacity for broad-based mobilization in the post–civil rights era.\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":52591061893400,"sku":"9781479808922","price":50.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/smart-suits-tattered-boots-black-ministers-mobilizing-the-black-church-in-the-twenty-first-century-hardback-9781479808922","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}