Stephanie Y. Mitchem

Race, Religion, and Politics

Toward Human Rights in the United States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines race, religion, and politics in the United States, illuminating their intersections and what they reveal about power and privilege. Drawing on both historic and recent examples, Stephanie Mitchem discusses human rights throughout and concludes with a chapter looking toward possibilities for increased rights and justice for all.

Produktdetails

• Religion in the Modern World
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9781538107959
• ISBN-10: 1538107953
• Artikelnr.: 52421481

Autorenporträt

By Stephanie Y. Mitchem

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Human Rights and Religions in the United
States 2 Driven by the Original Identity Politics 3 Broken Treaties,
Resistance, and Decolonization 4 Black Identities and the Weight of History
5 Hispanics? "We Know Who We Are" 6 Asian Americans at the
Race-Politics-Religion Intersection 7 Muslims, The Newest/Old Others 8
Race, Politics, and Religion: Toward Human Rights at the Intersection 9
Conclusion: Toward Human Rights from Below in the United States Appendix A:
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix B: Commentary and
Excerpts of Related United Nations Documents and Concepts Selected
Bibliography