Race, Religion, and the Continuing American Dilemma

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  • A
  • classic
  • work
  • on
  • religion
  • and
  • the
  • racial
  • problems
  • of
  • modern
  • america
  • -now
  • brought
  • up
  • to
  • date.Since
  • the
  • early
  • days
  • of
  • the
  • Republic,
  • Americans'
  • exuberant,
  • unchastened
  • idealism,
  • their
  • commitment
  • to
  • the
  • notion
  • of
  • a
  • perfect
  • society
  • in
  • the
  • New
  • World,
  • has
  • clashed
  • with
  • the
  • reality
  • of
  • ugly
  • American
  • society,
  • and
  • religious
  • groups
  • have
  • all
  • too
  • often
  • accommodated
  • themselves
  • to
  • these
  • injustices.In
  • Race,
  • Religion,
  • and
  • the
  • Continuing
  • American
  • Dilemma,
  • C.
  • Eric
  • Lincoln
  • reevaluates
  • what
  • Gunnar
  • Myrdal
  • called
  • "the
  • American
  • dilemma"
  • and
  • studies
  • particularly
  • the
  • influence
  • of
  • the
  • black
  • church.
  • This
  • revised
  • edition
  • takes
  • into
  • account
  • the
  • weakening
  • of
  • welfare
  • and
  • affirmative
  • action,
  • and
  • argues
  • that
  • the
  • black
  • church
  • must
  • serve
  • today
  • as
  • a
  • vital
  • moral
  • authority
  • to
  • lead
  • us
  • in
  • to
  • the
  • twenty-first century..
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