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2. Religion, Political Discourse, and Activism Among Varying Racial/Ethnic Groups in America
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Brown,R. Khari (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Review of Religious Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 53(3) : 301-322
- Notes:
- The current study assesses the roles that political encouragement from clergy and lay involvement in political discussions play in the political and civic activism of varying racial/ethnic groups. Congregants are likely to participate in varying forms of activism when asked by clergy because of the high levels of trust that Americans have in their clergy and because political appeals are often communicated in a culturally relevant manner. In addition, participation in political discussions within houses of worship is likely to increase a sense of political agency and efficacy. For almost all groups, lay political deliberation is associated with activism. However, while political encouragement from clergy is associated with Black and Hispanic activism, it plays a negligible role in motivating Whites and Caribbean Blacks to action. Ideological symmetry between clergy and congregants may explain the degree to which political appeals from clergy motivate varying racial/ethnic groups to action.
3. The legacy of Walter Rodney in Guyana and the Caribbean
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gibbons,Arnold (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Lanham Md.: University Press of America
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 221 p, Rodney was disturbed by the inability of intellectuals to share common cause with the masses, thus ensuring that they would be unable to contribute to uplifting their talents or participate in the growth of the nation. Guyana and the Caribbean were subject to sugar and slave traffic that constituted cheap labor for the plantations and buttressed the capitalist-industrial system. A significant byproduct of that system was the master-slave relationship; a no-less iniquitous consequence was an active racism. Thus, social inequality became the heritage of Guyanese and Caribbean history.