{"product_id":"smart-suits-tattered-boots-black-ministers-mobilizing-the-black-church-in-the-twenty-first-century-9781479812530","title":"Smart Suits, Tattered Boots: Black Ministers Mobilizing the Black Church in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the complex role that Black religious leaders play-or don't play-in twenty-first-century racial justice efforts\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Martin Luther King Jr. along with many of his Black religious contemporaries courageously mobilized for freedom, ushering in the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century. Their efforts laid the groundwork for some of the greatest legislative changes in American history. Today, however, there is relatively limited mass mobilization led by Black religious leaders against systemic racism and racial inequality. Why don't we see more Black religious leadership in today's civil rights movements, such as Black Lives Matter? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on fifty-four in-depth interviews with Black religious leaders and civic leaders in Ohio, Korie Litte Edwards and Michelle Oyakawa uncover several reasons, including a move away from engagement with independent Black-led civic groups toward white-controlled faith-based organizations, religious leaders' nostalgia for and personal links to the legacy of the civil rights movement, the challenges of organizing around race-based oppression in an allegedly post-racial world, and the hierarchical structure of the Black religious leadership network, which may impede ministers' work towards collective activism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlack clergy continue to care deeply about social justice and racial oppression. This book offers important insights into how they approach these issues today, illuminating the social processes that impact when, how, and why they participate in civic action in twenty-first-century America. It reveals the structure and limitations of the Black religious-leader community and its capacity for broad-based mobilization in the post-civil rights era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14630308\"\u003eKorie Little Edwards\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13354545\"\u003eMichelle Oyakawa\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479812530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479812536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL071000\"\u003eLeadership\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL108020\"\u003eChristian Church | History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKorie Little Edwards (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKorie Little Edwards \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches \u003c\/i\u003e(OUP, 2008) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations\u003c\/i\u003e (NYU Press, 2005). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Oyakawa (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichelle Oyakawa \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of Sociology at Muskingum University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44451209806061,"sku":"9781479812530","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e0a2a2cd-790d-4435-892a-671799b28409.jpg?v=1700326297","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/smart-suits-tattered-boots-black-ministers-mobilizing-the-black-church-in-the-twenty-first-century-9781479812530","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}