The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Race in American History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4155890 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Max Perry Mueller (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 142-142 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jaz175 |
| OpenAlex | W2947185080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Race in American History is a monumental achievement. Edited by Kathryn Gin Lum, a leading light in the subfield of race and religion, and Paul Harvey, the subfield's elder statesman, the work is much more than a “handbook” (in part because its 640 pages would fit into the hands of only the most dexterous basketball player). Together, its thirty-four essays—authored by well-known scholars and rising stars (twenty-four are women)—approach comprehensiveness in chronology, methodology, and content. Despite the book's size, its editorial framing makes it useful for the most seasoned scholar and accessible to undergraduates initially exploring race and religion, which, Lum and Harvey write in the introduction, perpetually “act as real historical forces with, on, and against each other” in the American past, present, and (almost assuredly) future (p. 4). In particular, the book holds to the view that the United States, as a project of empire—which delineates borders, liberates and enslaves bodies, and distributes and denies rights—has yet to be concluded
Ancient history · Basketball · Empire · Framing (construction · Political science · Race (biology · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · Gender Studies · History · Law · Religion and Society Interactions
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |