Religio-Political Narratives in the United States
The authors select sermons by Martin Luther King Jr. and Jeremiah Wright to as a framework to examine the meaning of God in America as part of the formational religio-political narrative of the country.
| Autor: | Hill, J. Powe, F. Sims, A. |
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| ISBN: | 9781349292257 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 192 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Veröffentlicht: | 23.12.2015 |
| Untertitel: | From Martin Luther King, Jr. to Jeremiah Wright |
| Schlagworte: | African American Barack Obama Jeremiah Wright Martin Luther King Religion campaign community freedom media politics |
Angela D. Sims is Associate Professor of Ethics and Black Church Studies at Saint Paul School of Theology, USA. She is principal investigator of 'Remembering Lynching: Strategies of Resistance and Visions of Justice' (an oral history project) and author of Ethical Complications of Lynching: Ida B. Wells's Interrogation of American Terror. F. Douglas Powe, Jr. is the James C. Logan Professor of Evangelism and Professor of Urban Ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary., USA. He is the author of New Wine, New Wineskins an d Just Us or Justice. Johnny Bernard Hill is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Claflin University, USA. He is the author of The First Black President: Barack Obama, Race, Politics and the American Dream.