{"product_id":"race-and-racism-in-the-sacred-texts-and-human-contexts","title":"Race and Racism in the Sacred Texts and Human Contexts","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eRace and Racism in the Sacred Texts and Human Contexts \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSubject Classification: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eRace and Racism, Religion and Faith, Society and Culture\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBIC Classification: \u003c\/strong\u003eHRC, JFFN \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBISAC Classification: \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSOC053000, REL017000, SOC039000\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Hardback, eBook\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 17 Aug 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (Hardback):\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-83711-954-7 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (eBook):\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-83711-955-4 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo view a sample of the book, please click \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration:\" underline data-mce-style=\"text-decoration:\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ee-books available for libraries from \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProquest\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEBSCO\u003c\/strong\u003e\n \n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith non-institutional availability from \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\nGooglePlay\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor larger orders, or orders where you require an invoice, contact us  \u003cspan id=\"cloak8074a48c555b85c31ec4347354a45e96\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\nadmin@ethicspress.com\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWhile many studies explore the intersection of race and a single faith, *Race and Racism in the Sacred Texts and Human Contexts* offers a vital, comparative perspective. This edited collection brings together a diverse group of scholars to critically examine how various world religions have constructed, confronted, and been shaped by racial ideologies, analyzing sacred texts and traditions from Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, alongside specific cultural contexts from Senegambia to the Korean Peninsula. Contributors explore the use and abuse of scripture in perpetuating racism, as well as its role as a source for liberation and resistance, addressing topics such as the scriptural roots of othering, theological conceptions of Blackness, the colonial invention of race, and the migration of racial hermeneutics. This interdisciplinary work is an indispensable resource for students and scholars in religious studies, theology, race and ethnic studies, sociology, and history, offering nuanced insights into the complex relationship between faith and racial identity in both historical and contemporary contexts.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiography\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEditor(s):\u003c\/span\u003e \n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDr. Muhammad Shafiq is a Professor and Executive Director of the Hickey Center and holds IIIT Interfaith Studies Chair at Nazareth University, USA. He holds an MA. PHD from Temple University, USA and an MA and a BA from the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He has written more than 45 articles and several books.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"With clarity, a global perspective, and depth, this volume allows us to understand if and how sacred texts communicate ideas of race. Surely, how the readers interpret sacred texts matters, and across these essays, we come to see how and why those interpretations matter for our world. This volume by experts on a topic affecting our globe is a vitally important work for our time.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Michael O. Emerson, Chavanne Fellow in Religion and Public Policy, Co-Author of Divided by Faith and the Religion of Whiteness, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"These timely theological-historical-social conversations invite readers to examine and question the relationship of sacred texts, religion, and constructions of otherness.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Angela D. Sims, President of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and author of Lynched: The Power of Memory in a Culture of Terror\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"This book is a vital resource in the ongoing interfaith dialogue. Its main purpose, in tracing social justice issues, is to investigate concepts and issues of race within religious traditions. Acknowledging that the term and concept of race itself is in itself a form of racism, the studies contained in this collection demonstrate how sacred texts express human diversity of cultural, social, and linguistic characteristics, thereby reorienting the reader toward analyses of ethnic diversity and away from othering brought about through standard compartmentalization of race. All teachers and scholars will find this work indispensable to clarify thought and raise important questions in the classroom.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Dr. Daniel Maoz, Jewish Scholar in Residence, Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Director of Judaism, Martin Luther University College, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ethics Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44866879946794,"sku":"imj1789712532457","price":77.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":44866879979562,"sku":"mup1789712532458","price":82.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/0709\/8154\/files\/race-and-racism-in-the-sacred-texts-and-human-contexts_1.jpg?v=1789712537","url":"https:\/\/layerreadywear.shop\/products\/race-and-racism-in-the-sacred-texts-and-human-contexts","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}