Summary of Christian Smith & Michael O. Emerson's Divided by Faith

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Race is an American dilemma. It is what Swedish researcher Gunnar Myrdal called an American dilemma. It is indivisible from American life.
#2 The impact of race in America is not just seen in incidents such as the one just described, but also in the broader picture of a racialized society.
#3 To understand the racialization perspective, we must understand that race is socially constructed. While Americans are socialized from a young age into the reality of race, race as a social construct arose in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to justify the overtaking and enslaving of whole people groups.
#4 A major problem in understanding race relations in the United States is that we tend to understand race, racism, and the form of racialization as constants rather than as variables. This view has serious implications.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Christian Living
• Social Issues
• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 05 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822500853
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Christian Smith & Michael O. Emerson's Divided by Faith
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Race is an American dilemma. It is what Swedish researcher Gunnar Myrdal called an American dilemma. It is indivisible from American life.

#2

The impact of race in America is not just seen in incidents such as the one just described, but also in the broader picture of a racialized society.

#3

To understand the racialization perspective, we must understand that race is socially constructed. While Americans are socialized from a young age into the reality of race, race as a social construct arose in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to justify the overtaking and enslaving of whole people groups.

#4

A major problem in understanding race relations in the United States is that we tend to understand race, racism, and the form of racialization as constants rather than as variables. This view has serious implications.

#5

The framework of racialization understands that racism is not just individual, overt prejudice, but the collective misuse of power that results in diminished life opportunities for some racial groups.

#6

The American society is being reproduced through everyday actions and decisions, which are seen as normal and acceptable by white Americans.

#7

When we speak of the racialized society, we are primarily referring to the black-white divide. This divide is not only present in America, but also in other countries around the world.

#8

Income is the most common way to compare racial economic inequality, but in their book Black Wealth/White Wealth, Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro argue that wealth is the more important measure. They found that the median net worth of blacks was just 8 percent of that of whites, and the median net financial assets was zero percent of that of whites.

#9

The black middle class is extremely fragile. It is dependent on income and job security, and a downturn in the economy or a change in marital status quickly sends many black middle class individuals into lower classes.

#10

Health, life, and even death are racialized. For example, a study conducted by physicians Mark Wenneker and Arnold Epstein found that whites were 89 percent more likely to be given coronary bypass surgery than blacks.

#11

The racialized society is evident in television viewing habits, religious affiliation, and even music. Black viewers generally watch and identify with separate stars, shows, and humor, while white viewers generally watch and identify with separate stars, shows, and humor.

#12

The United States is a racialized society, always was in the past, and is becoming more so today.

#13

Religion is a set of beliefs and practices focused on the sacred or supernatural, through which life experiences are given meaning and direction. By explaining and giving meaning to life as it is experienced in the here and now, religion provides legitimization for the world as it is.

#14

Religion, as it exists in America, is unable to make a great impact on the racialized society. It generally serves to maintain these historical divides, and helps to develop new ones.

#15

We relied on a variety of data sources to write this book, including a mass of rich, qualitative, contextualized data that was gathered from evangelicals interviewed in twenty-three states.

#16

In this chapter, we examine how evangelicals have thought of race in the past, and what actions they have taken to address racial issues. We then look at how contemporary evangelicals view race relations in the United States.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Evangelicals, because they are primarily concerned with evangelism and discipleship, avoid issues that might hinder those activities. As a result, they are generally not counter-cultural. They tend to avoid rocking the boat, and instead call for changes that leave the dominant social structures, institutions, and culture intact.