Religion and the Creation of Race and Ethnicity: An Introduction

Book Overview

The first collection to distinguish religion's role in the creation of race and ethnic categories

Religion and the Creation of Race and Ethnicity is the first collection devoted to demonstrating the role that religion and myth have played in the creation of the categories of "race" and "ethnicity."

When scholars approach religion and race, they tend to focus on such issues as how African Americans have expressed Christianity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081476701X
• ISBN13: 9780814767016
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"