The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Race in American History

by Gin Lum, Kathryn; Harvey, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780190221171
• ISBN10: 0190221178
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2018-04-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Race in American History brings together a number of established scholars, as well as younger scholars on the rise, to provide a scholarly overview for those interested in the role of religion and race in American history. Thirty-four scholars from the fields of History, Religious Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, and more investigate the complex interdependencies of religion and race from pre-Columbian origins to the present. The volume addresses the religious experience, social realities, theologies, and sociologies of racialized groups in American religious history, as well as the ways that religious myths, institutions, and practices contributed to their racialization.

Part One begins with a broad introductory survey outlining some of the major terms and explaining the intersections of race and religions in various traditions and cultures across time. Part Two provides chronologically arranged accounts of specific historical periods that follow a narrative of religion and race through four-plus centuries. Taken together, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Race in American History provides a reliable scholarly text and resource to summarize and guide work in this subject, and to help make sense of contemporary issues and dilemmas.

Author Biography

Paul Harvey is a Professor of History and Presidential Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado.

Kathryn Gin Lum is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies in collaboration with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Kathryn Gin Lum and Paul Harvey

PART ONE: THEORETICAL AND TOPICAL OVERVIEWS
Section I: Terms and Theories
1. Merinda Simmons, Identifying "Race" and "Religion"
2. Jessica Delgado and Kelsey Moss, Race and Religion in the Early Modern Iberian Atlantic
3. Sylvester Johnson, Religion, Race, and American Empire
4. Elizabeth Jemison, Gendering the History of Race and Religion
5. Monica Mercado, Religion, Race, and Sexuality
6. Lerone Martin, Religion, Race, and Popular Culture
7. Michael Altman, Orientalism in 19th-Century America

Section II: Religious Traditions and Popular Culture
8. Sarah Ruble, American Missionaries and Race
9. Patrick Mason, Mormonism and Race
10. Mike Pasquier, Catholicism and Race
11. Jodi Eichler-Levine, American Judaism and Race
12. Juliane Hammer, Islam and Race in American History
13. Adeana McNicholl, Religion, Race, and Buddhism
14. Anthony Pinn, Religion, Race, and Humanism
15. David Stowe, Religion and Race in American Music
16. Rachel Lindsey, Documentary Photography and the Visual Politics of Race and Religion
17. Judith Weisenfeld, Race, Religion, and Documentary Film
18. Jeffrey Scholes, Religion, Race, and Sports

PART TWO: FROM THE COLONIES TO THE PRESENT
Section III: Colonial Destructions and Creations
19. Linford Fisher, Native Religions in Early America
20. Jason Young, African and African American Religions in the Early Americas
21. Rebecca Goetz, Religion and Race in the Greater South, 1500-1800
22. Richard Bailey, Puritans and Race
23. Jennifer Graber, Religion and Racial Violence in the Nineteenth Century
24. Emily Clark, African American Religions in the 19th Century
25. Jennifer Thigpen, Race, Religion, and Gender in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands

Section IV: Immigration, Pluralism, and Civil Rights
26. Anne Blankenship, Asian American Religions from Chinese Exclusion to 1965
27. Khyati Joshi, South Asian Religions in Contemporary America
28. Suzanne Smith, African American Religious Identities in the Twentieth Century
29. Carolyn Dupont, White Protestants and the Civil Rights Movement
30. Kerry Pimblott, Black Theologies
31. Angela Tarango, Native American Religions in the Twentieth Century
32. Arlene Sanchez-Walsh, Latinos/as Religious Identities in the Twentieth Century
33. Grace Yukich, Religion, Race, and Immigration in Contemporary America
34. Melissa Borja, Migration and Modern Religious Pluralism