Race and the Power of Sermons on American Politics

by Ronald E Brown and James S. Jackson

This book examines the intersection of race, political sermons, and social justice. Religious leaders and congregants who discuss and encourage others to do social justice embrace a form of civil religion that falls close to the covenantal wing of American civil religious thought. Clergy and members who share this theological outlook frame the nation as being exceptional in God's sight. They also emphasize that the nation's special relationship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472132598
• ISBN13: 9780472132591
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.1" x 6.2"