Blacks and Whites in Christian America
Subtitle: how racial discrimination shapes religious convictions
By: Jason E. Shelton and Michael O. Emerson
Contributors: Emerson, Michael O., 1965-
Series: Religion and social transformation
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780814722756; 9780814722763; 9780814722787; 9780814722770
Subjects: Doctrines; Faith; Black theology; Christianity; Religion; Race discrimination; Protestant churches; African Americans
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why do African Americans pray so often?; title: So rooted a past: slavery and African American Protestant religious tradition; title: The Apostles' creed: racial similarities in commitments to core Christian tenets; title: Learning and burning: racial differences in "academic" versus "experiential" models of Christianity; title: Religious convictions: everyday faith-based actions and beliefs; title: Shaded morality: not so Black and White; title: Far-reaching faith: evidence of an inclusive religious doctrine; title: Reconciling the race problem: identity politics and the gulf between Black and White Protestants.