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

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Author / Creator:	Shelton, Jason E.
Imprint:	New York : New York University Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 279 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Religion and social transformation Religion and social transformation.
Subject:	African Americans -- Religion. Race discrimination -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Race discrimination -- United States. Black theology. Protestant churches -- United States -- Doctrines. Faith. African Americans -- Religion. Black theology. Faith. Protestant churches -- Doctrines. Race discrimination. Race discrimination -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11161468

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Other authors / contributors:	Emerson, Michael O., 1965-
ISBN:	0814722776 9780814722770 9780814722787 0814722784 9780814722756 081472275X 9780814722763 0814722768
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: 9780814722756 081472275X
Standard no.:	10.18574/9780814722770

Table of Contents:

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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