Religion in the Age of Obama - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1350041033 ISBN 13 : 9781350041035

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the first book to focus on the significance of religion during President Obamas years in the White House, both in the United States and internationally. Religion in the Age of Obama explores the religious and moral underpinning of the Obama presidency and of subsequent debates regarding his tenure in the White House. It provides an analysis of Obamas beliefs and their relationship to his vision of public life, as well as the way in which the general ethos of religion and non-religion has shifted over the past decade in the United States under his presidency. Including chapters from John L. Jackson Jr., Kathryn Lofton, Sylvester A. Johnson, Keri Day, and Max Perry Mueller, topics include how Obama has employed religious rhetoric in response to both international and domestic events, his attempt to inhabit a kind of Blackness that comforts and reassures rather than challenges White America, the limits of Christian hospitality within U.S. immigration policy, and the racialization of Islam in the U.S. national imagination. Drawing on a wide-range of topics, this book shows that the years of the Obama presidency served as a watershed moment of significant reorganization of the role of religion in national public life. Religion in the Age of Obama is an important and timely contribution to debates on religion, race, and public life in the United States.

Revue de presse

A timely and wide-ranging exploration of a vitally important topic. Religion in the Age of Obama is challenging and compelling in equal measure. - --Stephen Tuck, Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford, UK

This book goes further than previous religious reflections on the faith of American presidents. It offers new insights into the interplay of religion, gender and ethnicity in the President Obama presidency, and considers the international impact of his faith-based politics. A diverse range of theological perspectives are skilfully inter-woven into a rich tapestry of analyses, which underlines the continuing importance of 'race,' and religion on the American political landscape, and also, the undeniable influence of this American phenomenon across the world. - --Robert Beckford, Professor of Theology and Culture in the African Diaspora, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

Religion still matters - but how and where? This book will sustainably change our prevalent perceptions of the role of religion(s) in public life. - --Jürgen Manemann, Director of the Hanover Institute for Philosophical Research, Germany

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1350041033
• ISBN 13: 9781350041035
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Éditeur: Floyd-Thomas Juan M., Pinn Anthony B.