Smith Long March Ahead

African American Churches and Public Policy in Post-Civil Rights America
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8625-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 250 Seiten

Reihe: The public influences of African American churches

Ten essayists discuss the black church's public activism on natioonal policy issues in the post Civil Rights period, focusing on issues such as health care, affirmative action, welfare reform, and public education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, R. Drew

Weitere Mitwirkende

Savage, Barbara Dianne

McLaughlin, Megan E.

Owens, Michael Leo

Cohen, Cathy J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Introduction, R. Drew Smith 1

1. Assessing the Public Policy Practices of African American Churches / R. Drew Smith 9

2. African American Churches, Affirmative Action, and the Campaign against the One Florida Plan / Barbara Dianne Savage 28

3. The Role of African American Churches in Crafting the 1996 Welfare Reform Policy / Megan E. McLaughlin 51

4. Contestant, Advocate, Implementer Social Services and the Policy Roles of African American Churches / Michael Leo Owens 73

5. Service Provider or Policymaker? Black Churches and the Health of African Americans / Cathy J. Cohen 103

6. African American Churches and Reproductive Health Rights / Emilie M. Townes 127

7. African American Clergy and Urban School Reform / Desiree Pedescleaux 144

8. End of a Miracle? Crime, Faith, and Partnership in Boston in the 1990s / Christopher Winship 171

9. African American Churches and the Evolution of Antiapartheid Activism / Columba Aham Nnorum 193

Appendix A: An Overview of National Sample for the 1999-2000 Black Churches and Politics Survey 217

Appendix B: PIAAC Project Overview 219

Contributors 233

Index 235

Über Autor(innen)

R. Drew Smith is the Director and Principal Investigator for the Public Influences of African-American Churches Project. He is a scholar-in-residence at the Leadership Center at Morehouse College.