Religion, Race, and Justice in a Changing America - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0870784358 ISBN 13 : 9780870784354

Editeur : The Century Foundation, 2000

Synopsis

In many respects, religion was a bedrock of the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. Theology infused the spirit and rhetoric of the movement, churches served as the gathering place for its followers, and men of the cloth--foremost among them the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.--led the perilous journey that changed the nation. Today, the quest for improving the lives of racial minorities and pursuing justice is less a ""movement"" and more a collection of diffuse efforts to fend off a retrenchment from affirmative action and nondiscrimination laws, improve economic prospects for residents of low-income urban neighborhoods, and organize grass-roots political activities. In that context, the relationships between religion and civil rights have become less obvious and more complex. This volume of essays takes stock of the ways in which different religions, their leaders, and their followers now see their role in promoting civil rights. Developed in conjunction with the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, this book is the first in a series edited by Gary Orfield and Holly J. Lebowitz. Authors include Robert Franklin, president of the Interdenominational Theological Center; Robin Lovin, dean of the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University; David Chappell, a Buddhist scholar at the University of Hawaii; Amina Waddud, an Islam expert at Virginia Commonwealth University; Reuven Kimmelman at Brandeis University; and Allan Figueroa Deck, professor at the Loyola Institute for Spirituality.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gary Orfield is professor of education and social policy and codirector of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University. Holly J. Lebowitz, a recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School, is a religion writer in the Boston area.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Century Foundation
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0870784358
• ISBN 13: 9780870784354
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 227
• Éditeur: Orfield Gary, Lebowitz Holly J.
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