Race, religion, and politics : toward human rights in the United States /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitchem, Stephanie Y., 1950- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Series:Religion in the modern world (Lanham, Md.)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Human Rights and Religions in the United States
  • 2. Driven by the Original Identity Politics
  • 3. Broken Treaties, Resistance, and Decolonization
  • 4. Black Identities and the Weight of History
  • 5. Hispanics? "We Know Who We Are"
  • 6. Asian Americans at the Race-Politics-Religion Intersection
  • 7. Muslims, The Newest/Old Others
  • 8. Race, Politics, and Religion: Toward Human Rights at the Intersection
  • 9. Conclusion: Toward Human Rights from Below in the United States
  • Appendix A. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • Appendix B. Commentary and Excerpts of Related United Nations Documents and Concepts.