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Blacks and Whites in Christian America

How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions

by Jason E. Shelton, Michael O. Emerson

  • Paperback
  • 304 pages
  • Publisher: New York University Press
  • 15 x 22.7 x 2.1 cm

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Conventional wisdom holds that Christians, as members of a "universal" religion, all believe more or less the same things when it comes to their faith. Yet black and white Christians differ in significant ways, from their frequency of praying or attending services to whether they regularly read the Bible or believe in Heaven or Hell. In this engaging and accessible sociological study of white and black Christian beliefs, Jason E. Shelton and Michael O. Emerson push beyond establishing that there are racial differences in belief and practice among members of American Protestantism to 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.
Blacks and Whites in Christian America and United by Faith
United by FaithBlacks and Whites in Christian America

  • Authors

    Jason E. Shelton +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    New York University Press

  • Published

    September 2012

  • Weight

    386g

  • Page Count

    304

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780814722763

  • ISBN-10

    0814722768

  • Eden Code

    4062830

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