Studying Race and Religion: A Critical Assessment

  • Michael O. Emerson
  • , Elizabeth Korver-Glenn
  • , Kiara W. Douds

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    Abstract

    The authors provide an analytical review of the past 115 years of scholarship on race, ethnicity, and religion. Too often work in the study of race and ethnicity has not taken the influence of religion seriously enough, with the consequence being an incomplete understanding of racialization, racial and ethnic identity, and racial inequality. The authors examine key works in the field; conduct an assessment of articles published on race, ethnicity, and religion in six journals over a five-year period; and outline where scholarship should head in future years. Most notably, until the mutual influences of race, ethnicity and religion are better understood, the power of each is underestimated.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)349-359
    Number of pages11
    JournalSociology of Race and Ethnicity
    Volume1
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jul 2015

    Keywords

    • ethnicity
    • race
    • race relations
    • racial inequality
    • religion

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