Religion Is Raced : : Understanding American Religion in the Twenty-First Century / / ed. by Penny Edgell, Grace Yukich.

• MitwirkendeR: Baker, Joseph O.,; Burke, Kelsy,; Davidson, James Clark,; Drake, Janine Giordano,; Edgell, Penny,; Flores, Edward Orozco,; Garner, Ashley,; Hutchinson, Sikivu,; Imhoff, Sarah,; Jeung, Russell,; Jimenez, John,; Kucinskas, Jaime,; Mar, Eric,; Martí, Gerardo,; McRoberts, Omar M.,; Mohamed, Besheer,; Moon, Dawne,; Park, Jerry Z.,; Parvez, Z. Fareen,; Tobin, Theresa W.,; Williams, Rhys H.,; Yukich, Grace,
• HerausgeberIn: Edgell, Penny,; Yukich, Grace,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 20 black and white illustrations

Demonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first centuryWhen White people of faith act in a particular way, their motivations are almost always attributed to their religious orientation. Yet when religious people of color act in a particular way, their motivations are usually attributed to their racial positioning. Religion Is Raced makes the case that religion in America has generally been understood in ways that center White Christian experiences of religion, and argues that all religion must be acknowledged as a raced phenomenon. When we overlook the role race plays in religious belief and action, and how religion in turn spurs public and political action, we lose sight of a key way in which race influences religiously-based claims-making in the public sphere.With contributions exploring a variety of religious traditions, from Buddhism and Islam to Judaism and Protestantism, as well as pieces on atheists and humanists, Religion Is Raced brings discussions about the racialized nature of religion from the margins of scholarly and religious debate to the center. The volume offers a new model for thinking about religion that emphasizes how racial dynamics interact with religious identity, and how we can in turn better understand the roles religion—and Whiteness—play in politics and public life, especially in the United States. It includes clear recommendations for researchers, including pollsters, on how to better recognize moving forward that religion is a raced phenomenon.With contributions by Joseph O. Baker, Kelsy Burke, James Clark Davidson, Janine Giordano Drake, Ashley Garner, Edward Orozco Flores, Sikivu Hutchinson, Sarah Imhoff, Russell Jeung, John Jimenez, Jaime Kucinskas, Eric Mar, Gerardo Martí, Omar M. McRoberts, Besheer Mohamed, Dawne Moon, Jerry Z. Park, Z. Fareen Parvez, Theresa W. Tobin, and Rhys H. Williams.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Recognizing Raced Religion -- Part I: Raced Religion and US Politics -- 1 White Christian Libertarianism and the Trump Presidency -- 2 Civil Religion and Black Church Political Mobilization -- 3 Intersectional Politics among Atheists and Humanists of Color -- 4 Assuming Whiteness in Twentieth- Century American Religion -- Part II: Raced Religion and Gender and Sexualities -- 5 Race, Religion, and Jewish Sexuality in an Age of Immigration -- 6 Race and the Religious Possibilities for Sexuality in Conservative Protestantism -- 7 Gender and the Racialization of Muslims -- Part III: Raced Religion and Social Class -- 8 Race, Class, and the Color- Blind Social Gospel Movement -- 9 Racial and Class Gaps in Buddhist- Inspired Organizing -- Part IV: Raced Religion and Immigration -- 10 The Religious and Racial Minoritization of Asian American Voters -- 11 Religion, Race, and Immigration in Community Organizing among the Formerly Incarcerated -- Part V: Measuring Raced Religion -- 12 Decentering Whiteness in Survey Research on American Religion -- 13 Beyond Black and White in Measuring Racial Identity among US Muslims -- 14 Race, Gender, and Avowing (or Avoiding) the Stigma of Atheism -- Conclusion: Centering Race in the Study of American Religion and Nonreligion -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors -- Index