Blacks and Whites in Christian America [electronic resource] : how racial discrimination shapes religious convictions / Jason E. Shelton and Michael O. Emerson.
Material type: TextSeries: Religion and social transformation | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (290 p.)ISBN:- 9780814722770
- 081472275X
- 280/.408900973 23
- BR563.N4 S49 2012
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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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