New Books in the Social Science of Religion: Race, Gender, and American Christianities

This roundtable session features authors of recent social science books that critically illuminate the role of race and gender in American religion. Through lively discussion, the authors will offer insight into how American Christianity is unfolding in multiple directions through research on how pastors of color navigate racially diverse religious organizations, how hypermasculinity is constructed in conservative white Christianity, and how African American Christian engage with Israel-Palestine. Featuring: Korie Little Edwards, author of Estranged Pioneers: Race, Faith and Leadership in a Diverse World (with Rebecca Y. Kim). Jennifer McKinney, author of Making Christianity Manly Again: Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, and American Evangelicalism Roger Baumann, author of Black Visions of the Holy Land: African American Christian Engagement with Israel and Palestine Michael Emerson, author of The The Religion of Whiteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith will be serving as a respondent/moderator.