The Magic of Comparison: Religio-Racial Identities in Process

Judith Weisenfeld's New World A-Coming pushes the field to rethink its approach to religion and race. To achieve this, she centralizes groups typically relegated to the margins of African American religions, tracks those groups thematically rather than chronologically, and offers the field the...

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Subtitles:ROUNDTABLE Judith Weisenfeld's New World A-Coming
Main Author: Clark, Emily Suzanne 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2018
In: Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 272-280
Review of:New world a-coming (New York : New York University Press, 2016) (Clark, Emily Suzanne)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Blacks / Religious movement / Identity / Science of Religion / History 1910-1970
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
KBQ North America
NBE Anthropology
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Book review
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:Judith Weisenfeld's New World A-Coming pushes the field to rethink its approach to religion and race. To achieve this, she centralizes groups typically relegated to the margins of African American religions, tracks those groups thematically rather than chronologically, and offers the field the concept of “religio-racial” identities.
ISSN:2165-5413
Reference:Kritik in "New World A-Coming, Author's Response (2018)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions