Divided by faith : evangelical religion and the problem of race in America /
'Divided by Faith' has become a landmark book for understanding race & religion in the US. Drawing on a nationwide telephone survey of 2000 people & additional face-to-face interviews, it probes the grassroots of white evangelical America. 25 years on from the first edition, Michae...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'Divided by Faith' has become a landmark book for understanding race & religion in the US. Drawing on a nationwide telephone survey of 2000 people & additional face-to-face interviews, it probes the grassroots of white evangelical America. 25 years on from the first edition, Michael O. Emerson & Christian Smith find that despite efforts by the movement's leaders to address the problem of racial discrimination, evangelicals themselves are still preserving America's racial chasm. In fact, most white evangelicals see no systematic discrimination against Black Americans or other racial groups. The authors contend that it is not overt racism that prevents evangelicals from recognizing ongoing problems in American society. Instead, it is the evangelical movement's emphasis on individualism, free will, & personal relationships that makes invisible the pervasive injustice that perpetuates racial inequality. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197802649 0197802648 9780197802632 019780263X 9780197802625 0197802621 |