Faith and Race in American Political Life

Bibliographic Data

ID5703501
AuthorsGeorge M Foster (Louisiana State University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume99
Issue4
Pages1206-1207
Publication date2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of American History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/jahist/jas594
OpenAlexW2018692880
LanguageEN
Citations received9

The twelve essays in Faith and Race in American Political Life treat race and religion as sources of identity and explore how they interact to shape political behavior. Most of the essays are written by political scientists and sociologists, but they are nevertheless accessible to even the most traditional historian. Only two include any quantitative analysis, so popular in political science these days. A few of the authors do draw on theories developed by political scientists, and the coeditors Robin Dale Jacobson and Nancy D. Wadsworth envision the book as a contribution to the literature on “intersectionality.” By that they mean that “religion and race are co-constituted” or “defined, in part, by each other, both in their meaning and their political effect” (p. 4). Several essays illustrate that observation, but historians will probably value Faith and Race in American Political Life not for its theoretical insights but for the content of its individual essays

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Faith · Identity (music · Meaning (existential · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies

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