Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas

This collection of all new essays will explore the complex and unstable articulations of race and religion that have helped to produce "e;Black,"e; "e;White,"e; "e;Creole,"e; "e;Indian,"e; "e;Asian,"e; and other racialized identities and communities in the Americas. Drawing on original research in a range of disciplines, the authors will investigate: 1) how the intertwined categories of race and religion have defined, and been defined by, global relations of power and inequality; 2) how racial and religious identities shape the everyday lives of individuals and communities; and 3) how racialized and marginalized communities use religion and religious discourses to contest the persistent power of racism in societies structured by inequality. Taken together, these essays will define a new standard of critical conversation on race and religion throughout the Americas.