Religion 2018 catalog

NYU PRESS 2018-2019

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HIGHLIGHTS America’s Dark Theologian The Religious Imagination of Stephen King DOUGLAS E. COWAN

“Astounding and essential... collects heartfelt, honest anecdotes from a variety of transgender children and their parents.” —Foreword Reviews

Wannamaker’s Temple The Business of Religion in an Iconic Department Store NICOLE C. KIRK

“Show[s] how privileged children in a Midwestern town are socialized into whiteness...a sociological gem!” —Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, author of Racism Without Racists

272 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-9473-4 • $30.00

288 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-0368-2 • $35.00

Queer Nuns

After the Protests Are Heard

Religion, Activism, and Serious Parody MELISSA M. WILCOX

LGBTQ kids reveal what it’s like to be young and queer today 336 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-2036-8 • $30.00 In the Sexual Cultures series

Ark Encounter The Making of a Creationist Theme Park JAMES S. BIELO

“Noble demolishes the popular assumption that Google is a values-free tool with no agenda... should prompt some soulsearching about... about digital social equity.” —STARRED Booklist 240 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-4279-7 • $28.00

Enacting Civic Engagement and Social Transformation SHARON D. WELCH

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—Tanya Golash-Boza, University of California, Merced 272 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-5790-6 • $28.00 In the Religion and Social Transformation series

Jewish Radical Feminism Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement JOYCE ANTLER

“A landmark study of television’s rolass, and gender diversity.” — Carlos E. Cortés, author of The Children Are Watching: 464 PAGES • CLOTH 978-0-8147-0763-0 • $35.00 In the Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History series

Also check out the Religion, Race, and Ethnicity series, the Religion and Social Transformation series, and the Secular Studies series. Visit www.nyupress.org for more information and a full listing of series titles

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RELIGION AND RACE Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality

NEW IN PAPERBACK 2017 Wilbur Non-Fiction Award Recipient

Black Women’s Christian Activism

Africana Lessons on Religion, Racism, and Ending Gender Violence

Seeking Social Justice in a Northern Suburb BETTY LIVINGSTON ADAMS

TRACI C. WEST

The story of racial hierarchy in the American film industry revealed through the practices and biases that limit the production and circulation of movies directed by racial minorities

“A tour d’horizon of the historical relationship among race, racism, and mental illness.” —Kirkus Reviews

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336 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-3399-3 • $35.00 In the Religion and Social Transformation series

New World A-Coming Black Religion and Racial Identity during the Great Migration JUDITH WEISENFELD

“This innovative and important book helps us understand an important dimension of a world of increasing ethnoracial diversity.” —Edward E. Telles, author of Pigmentocracies 368 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-6585-7 • $23.00

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240 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-1481-7 • $25.00

The Ground Has Shifted The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America WALTER EARL FLUKER

The historic, racial origins of fat phobia and fear of the fat black body 304 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-9718-6 • $19.00 In the Religion, Race, and Ethnicity series

Langston’s Salvation

Preaching on Wax

American Religion and the Bard of Harlem

The Phonograph and the Shaping of Modern African American

WALLACE D. BEST

Religion

“Rich, engaging, insightful, and a welcome exploration of the conditions that both constrain and inspire immigrant social movement organizing.” —Cecilia Menjívar, co-author of Immigrant Families 320 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-3489-1 • $35.00

LERONE A. MARTIN

“A milestone study on Latinas in the classroom... Timely, astute, and heartfelt, Latina Teachers is essential reading.” —Vicki L. Ruiz, author of From Out of the Shadows 240 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-9095-8 • $24.00 In the Religion, Race, and Ethnicity series

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Televised Redemption Black Religious Media and Racial Empowerment CAROLYN MOXLEY ROUSE , JOHN L. JACKSON, JR. and MARLA F. FREDERICK

“A fascinating and original view of the day-to-day workings of the immigration detention system.”

—Susan Bibler Coutin, author of Nation of Emigrants 256 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-1817-4 • $28.00

Authentically Black and Truly Catholic The Rise of Black Catholicism in the Great Migration MATTHEW J. CRESSLER

“A major contribution to the literature on race in general and on Latinos in particular.”

—Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, author of Racism without Racists 288 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-8096-6 • $30.00

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IN THE NORTH AMERICAN RELIGIONS SERIES 2017 Clifford Geertz Prize in the Anthropology of Religion, presented by the American Anthropological Association Finalist, 2017 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions presented by the Journal of Africana Religions

2017 National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies from the Jewish Book Council Finalist, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

Religion in the Kitchen

Jews on the Frontier

Cooking, Talking, and the Making of Black Atlantic Traditions

Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America

ELIZABETH PÉREZ

Explores accountability as a framework for building movements to transform systemic oppression and violence

SHARI RABIN

“The prose takes shape like a fly graf 208 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-3047-3 • $40.00

320 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-3955-1 •$29.00

Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Theology M. COOPER HARRISS

“Masterfully reveals intersections of state terror and gender ideologies with clear relevance across space and time.” —Cecilia Menjívar, author of Enduring Violence 288 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-2301-7 • $30.00

Shout to the Lord Making Worship Music in Evangelical America ARI Y. KELMAN

“This extensive, rich, and diverse anthology of collective feminist declarations is a vital source for understanding the long, global history of feminism.” —Estelle B. Freedman, author of No Turning Back 224 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-6367-9 • $30.00

Playing for God Evangelical Women and the Unintended Consequences of Sports Ministry ANNIE BLAZER

“A refreshingly up-to-date collection of essays that covers a wide range of theories and debates.” —Suzanna Danuta Walters, author of The Tolerance Trap 256 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-1813-6 • $30.00

Spirituality and the State Managing Nature and Experience in America’s National Parks KERRY MITCHELL

“A lucid and wide-ranging analysis of the powerful emotions generated through political claims to vulnerability.” —Jane Juffer, author of Intimacy Across Borders 272 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-7301-2 • $30.00

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The Production of American Religious Freedom Inequality, Exclusion, and Change FINBARR CURTIS

“A superb collection of essays and an indispensable teaching resource.” —Amrita Basu, author of Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India 240 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-5676-3 • $28.00

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Walking where Jesus Walked American Christians and Holy Land Pilgrimage HILLARY KAELL

An intimate and original look at the lives of Nevada’s legal sex workers through the voices of current and former employees, brothel owners, madams, and local law enforcement 288 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-3184-5 •$28.00

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JEWISH STUDIES The Soul of Judaism

A Rosenberg by Any Other Name

Jews of African Descent in America

A History of Jewish Name Changing in America

BRUCE D. HAYNES

“Urban sociology on four wheels, cultural criminology on the fly, and ethnography at its best.”

—Jeff Ferrell, author of Empire of Scrounge

KIRSTEN FERMAGLICH

A groundbreaking history of the practice of Jewish name changing in the 20th century, showcasing just how much is in a name

$39.00 • 272 PAGES CLOTH • 978-1-4798-1123-6 In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity series

256 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-6720-2 • $28.00 In the Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History series

Winner, 2015 National Jewish Book Award presented by the Jewish Book Council

Postcards from Auschwitz

A Rich Brew How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture

Holocaust Tourism and the Meaning of Remembrance

TED MERWIN

DANIEL P. REYNOLDS

A look at the contemporary crisis in U.S. jails with recommendations for improving and protecting the dignity of inmates.

“Incisively scrutinizes the intersection of tourism and Holocaust remembrance...raises important questions about history, tourism, and genocide.”

—Starred Publishers Weekly

$16.95 • 256 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-7255-8

336 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-6043-2 • $35.00

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Making Judaism Safe for America World War I and the Origins of Religious Pluralism JESSICA COOPERMAN

“Ele theoretical analysis, personal memoir, and political critique.”

—Sarah Franklin, author of Biological Relatives 224 PAGES • PAPER 9781479885008 • $39.00 In the Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History series

Pastrami on Rye An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli MARC SCHUILENBURG

“If you want to make sense of the myriad systems of surveillance and hybrid public-private security assemblages that dominate today’s urban landscape, this is a mustread.” —Keith Hayward, co-author of Cultural Criminology $25 .00 • 368 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-7659-4

Finalist, Celebrate 350 Award in American Jewish Studies

Hollywood’s Spies

Jewish New York

The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles

The Remarkable Story of a City and a People

LAURA B. ROSENZWEIG

DEBORAH DASH MOORE , JEFFREY S. GUROCK , ANNIE POLLAND , HOWARD B. ROCK and DANIEL SOYER, with DIANA L. LINDEN

A wealth of oral testimonies place women’s bodies and voices at the center of an analysis of state terror in Argentina. $29.95 • 320 PAGES CLOTH • 978-1-4798-2992-7 In the the Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History series

“Essential readings in environmental studies...an excellent introduction.”

—Kimberly Smith, Carleton College 512 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-5038-9 • $30.00

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GREAT FOR COURSES The Social Gospel in American Religion A History CHRISTOPHER H. EVANS

“A new way to understand their cities and shape their policies to create the kind of city that is right for their city’s residents.”

—William Fulton, author of Talk City

Alternative Sociologies of Religion Through Non-Western Eyes JAMES V. SPICKARD

“Skateboarding LA is a thing of beauty: urban sociology on four wheels, cultural criminology on the fly, and ethnography at its best.” —Jeff Ferrell, author of Empire of Scrounge

304 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-8857-3 • $28.00

336 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-6631-1 • $27.00

Drawn to the Gods

The Mary Daly Reader

Religion and Humor in The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy

Edited by JENNIFER RYCENGA and LINDA BARUFALDI Preface by ROBIN MORGAN Biographical Sketch by MARY E. HUNT

DAVID FELTMATE

“A rich and thoughtful book. A powerful condemnation of America’s jail system, but more than that, a plea to reset the starting point for reform.”

—Sharon Shalev, author of Supermax 304 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-9036-1 • $28.00

“An important book that goes to the heart of issues at the forefront of contemporary life ...Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how technology is changing American policing.” —Starred Kirkus Reviews 464 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-7776-8 • $35.00

American Catholic History

Paranormal America (Second Edition)

A Documentary Reader

Ghost Encounters, UFO Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture

Edited by MARK MASSA AND CATHERINE OSBORNE

An examination of the efforts of faith-based organizations to expand the rights of the formerly incarcerated 368 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-7468-2 • $35.00

CHRISTOPHER D. BADER , JOSEPH O. BAKER and F. CARSON MENCKEN

The impact of stop-and-frisk policing on a South Bronx community 304 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-1528-9 • $28.00

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The Anthropology of Global Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism Edited by SIMON COLEMAN and ROSALIND I. J. HACKETT Afterword by JOEL ROBBINS

“[A conversation about crime and punishment.” —Kirkus Reviews 288 PAGES • PAPER 978-0-8147-7260-7 • $27.00

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Faithful Measures New Methods in the Measurement of Religion Edited by SHARON DOLOVICH and ALEXANDRA NATAPOFF

“A cohesive examination of what is wrong with the American criminal justice system, and how we might go about fixing it.”

—New York Journal of Books 400 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-7710-2 • $35.00

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GREAT FOR COURSES Winner, Conference on the History of Women Religious (CHWR) Distinguished Book Award

Sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Winner, 2014 Catholic Book Award in History presented by the Catholic Press Association

DAVID L. WEDDLE

From Bay Ridge to Astoria, political action in Arab New York

Called to Serve A History of Nuns in America

272 PAGES• PAPER 978-0-8147-8931-5 • $30.00

MARGARET M. MCGUINNESS

Cities of the Arabian Peninsula reveal contradictions of contemporary urbanization 277 PAGES • PAPER 978-0-8147-9557-6 • $25.00

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Pillars of Cloud and Fire

Changing Faith

The Politics of Exodus in African American Biblical Interpretation

The Dynamics and Consequences of Americans’ Shifting Religious Identities

HERBERT ROBINSON MARBURY

DARREN E. SHERKAT

“Will serve as a resource for scholars and students who want an accurate, empiricallybased understanding of the causes and implications of Americans’ changing religious identifications.”

—Penny Edgell, author of Religion and Family in a Changing Society

s Washington Square Park 272 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-1250-9 • $26.00 In the Religion and Social Transformation series

304 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-8857-3 • $28.00

Early Judaism

Jewish Concepts of Scripture

New Insights and Scholarship Edited by FREDERICK E. GREENSPAHN

A Comparative Introduction BENJAMIN D. SOMMER

The promises and conflicts faced by public figures, artists, and leaders of Northeast Los Angeles as they enliven and defend their neighborhoods

347 PAGES • PAPER 978-0-8147-6002-4 • $28.00

272 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-0990-5 • $30.00 In the Jewish Studies in the TwentyFirst Century series

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Christian Theologies of the Sacraments

Christian Theologies of Salvation

Christian Theologies of the Scripture

A Comparative Introduction

A Comparative Introduction

A Comparative Introduction

JUSTIN S. HOLCOMB and DAVID A. JOHNSON

JUSTIN S. HOLCOMB

Edited by JUSTIN S. HOLCOMB

384 PAGES • PAPER 978-0-8147-6294-3 •$30.00

330 PAGES • PAPER 978-0-8147-3666-1 • $28.00

416 PAGES • PAPER 978-0-8147-7010-8 • $30.00

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ISLAM Being Muslim

The Practice of Islam in America

A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam

An Introduction

SYLVIA CHAN-MALIK

Edited by EDWARD E. CURTIS, IV

“A must-read for anyone interested in the future of patient participation in health and wellness initiatives.” —Frank Pasquale, author of The Black Box Society

“A remarkable account of how communities respond to sex offender placements.”

—Chrysanthi S. Leon, author of Sex Fiends, Perverts, and Pedophiles

288 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-2342-0 • $29.00

Islam is a Foreign Country

296 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-0488-7 • $28.00

Choice Top Book of 2017

Islamophobia and Racism

American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority

ERIK LOVE

“An essential update to studies of the intersex and a mustread for those interested in social movements, gender, medicalization, diagnosis, and the relationship between science and culture.” —American Journal of Sociology

ZAREENA GREWAL

A history of Toxic Shock Syndrome that brings to light the complexities behind a stigmatized and under-discussed issue in women’s reproductive health.

409 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-0056-8 • $25.00 In the Nation of Nations series

2015 Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award presented by the Stonewall Books Awards of the American Library Association

Living Out Islam

272 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-3807-3 • $28.00

Winner of the 2016 Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Arab American Book Award

Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims SCOTT SIRAJ AL-HAQQ KUGLE

“Recent outbreaks of preventable diseases...are focusing attention on this issue, making Reich’s able contribution especially pertinent.” —Kirkus Reviews 275 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-9467-3 • $27.00

This American Muslim Life Dispatches from the War on Terror MOUSTAFA BAYOUMI

“A vital resource for discussions on how we narrate and navigate engagements with the materiality of bodies.” —Angela Willey, author of Undoing Monogamy 304 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-3564-5 • $19.95

FROM THE LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE Disagreements of the Jurists A Manual of Islamic Legal Theory AL-QADI AL-NU’MAN Translated by DEVIN STEWART

“This book will be useful especially to those who are interested in the history of law and…the history of the Fatimids.” —Speculum 256 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-0807-6 • $15.00

A Treasury of Virtues Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of ‘Ali, with the One Hundred Proverbs, attributed to al-Jahiz AL-QADI AL-QUDA’I Translated by TAHERA QUTBUDDIN

“A smooth presentation of the Arabic texts and a first-rate English translation.”

—Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 196 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-9653-0 • $15.00

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WOMEN IN RELIGIONS SERIES Women in New Religions

General Editor: CATHERINE WESSINGER (Loyola University New Orleans) This series offers short, singleauthored introductions to women and their roles, representations, and challenges within a range of religions traditions.

LAURA VANCE

“A story of many fascinating encounters between fundamentalism, creationism, biblical consumerism, and religious entertainment.”

—Timothy Beal , Case Western Reserve University 224 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-1602-6 • $17.00

Women in Japanese Religions

Women in Christian Traditions

BARBARA R. AMBROS

REBECCA MOORE

“As rising antisemitism and negrophobia join forces once again...it is immensely valuable to learn how deeply blackness and Judaism are conjoined.”

—Howard Winant, University of California, Santa Barbara

“Incisively scrutinizes the intersection of tourism and Holocaust remembrance...raises important questions about history, tourism, and genocide.”

—Starred Publishers Weekly 224 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-2175-4 • $17.00

240 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-8406-3 • $17.00

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SECULARSTUDIES STUDIES SECULAR Losing our Religion How Unaffiliated Parents Are Raising Their Children

Honorable Mention, American Sociological Association Section on Religion Distinguished Book Award

American Secularism Cultural Contours of Nonreligious Belief Systems

CHRISTEL J. MANNING

“Among its many treasures, this book offers solutions that lead with equity for the benefit of all.”

—Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus, social activist, Capetown, South Africa

JOSEPH O. BAKER and BUSTER G. SMITH

” —Andrea Gibbon, Writing Cities 304 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-7372-2 • $27.00 In the Religion and Social Transformation series

256 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-8320-2 • $27.00

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America’s Jails

Are Racists Crazy?

The Search for Human Dignity in an Age of Mass Incarceration

How Prejudice, Racism, and Antisemitism Became Markers of Insanity

DEREK JEFFREYS

“Among its many treasures, this book offers solutions that lead with equity for the benefit of all.”

—Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus, social activist, Capetown, South Africa

SANDER L. GILMAN and JAMES M. THOMAS

al activist, Capetown, South Africa 368 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-8730-9 • $25.00

256 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-1482-4 • $28.00

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CHRISTIANITY “Jesus Saved an Ex-Con” Political Activism and Redemption after Incarceration EDWARD OROZCO FLORES

“Rios provides numerous conceptual innovations...A book bristling with insight.”

—American Journal of Sociology 224 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-6454-6 • $30.00 In the Religion and Social Transformation series

Paranoid Science The Christian Right’s War on Reality ANTONY ALUMKAL

“A rich portrait of the myriad forms of feminist activism that college women are using to transform identities, communities, and the gender codes of society.” —Verta Taylor, co-author of Survival in the Doldrums 256 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-2713-8 • $35.00

The Healing Power of the Santuario de Chimayó America’s Miraculous Church BRETT HENDRICKSON

, and institutional history.” — Hisham Aidi, author of Rebel Music 264 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-8427-8 • $30.00 In the Religion, Race, and Ethnicity series

Growing God’s Family The Global Orphan Care Movement and the Limits of Evangelical Activism SAMUEL L. PERRY

“With a lot of nuanced arguments and a provocative, corrective thesis, Not Gay is undoubtedly a book that demands to be read.”

—Gender & Society 288 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-0305-7 • $30.00

Ethnic Church Meets Megachurch Indian American Christianity in Motion PREMA A. KURIEN

“An intimate journey through some of the many extraordinary pathways to parenthood available in the early twenty-first century.”

—Sociological Forum 304 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-479826377 • $35.00

2014 Distinguished Contribution to Research Award, Latina/o Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association

God’s Gangs Barrio Ministry, Masculinity, and Gang Recovery EDWARD OROZCO FLORES

“A sharp policy analysis and...a powerful framework for making sense of the experiences of those with a felony conviction.” —Nikki Jones, author of Between Good and Ghetto 243 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-7812-3 • $26.00

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The Urban Church Imagined

Religion and Progressive Activism

Religion, Race, and Authenticity in the City

New Stories About Faith and Politics

JESSICA M. BARRON and RHYS H. WILLIAMS

Edited by RUTH BRAUNSTEIN, TODD NICHOLAS FUIST, and RHYS H. WILLIAMS

“A gem of contemporary socionfluence of those assumptions.” —Pacific Standard 240 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-8710-1 • $30.00

NYUPRESS • Sociology

“Well-researched and fuwo important social movements.” — Journal of American Culture 368 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-5290-1 • $30.00 In the Religion and Social Transformation series

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CHRISTIANITY The Divided Mind of the Black Church Theology, Piety, and Public Witness RAPHAEL G. WARNOCK

“Acutely perceptive and solidly documented, lucidly presented and uncompromising in its conclusions.” — Ward Churchill, author of A Little Matter of Genocide 276 PAGES • CLOTH 978-0-8147-9446-3 • $30.00 In the Religion, Race, and Ethnicity series

The Shared Parish Latinos, Anglos, and the Future of U.S. Catholicism BRETT C. HOOVER

“Incisive essays unravel the serious flaws of this failing Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 304 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-5439-4 • $49.00

Aztlán and Arcadia Religion, Ethnicity, and the Creation of Place ROBERTO RAMÓN LINT SAGARENA

“Eric Holt-Giménez calls on us nd all beings.” — Vandana Shiva, environmental and food activist; author of Who Really Feeds the World?

280 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-5064-8 • $25.00

Does God Make the Man? Media, Religion, and the Crisis of Masculinity STEWART M. HOOVER and CURTIS D. COATS

“Michael Yates’s passion and otentials to transform society.”

—Sam Gindin, former chief economist, Canadian Auto Workers Union 240 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-6223-8 • $27.00

Winner of the 2016 Religious Communication Association Book of the Year Award

Salvation with a Smile Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and American Christianity PHILLIP LUKE SINITIERE

“A much-needed call for a new scientific ecosocialism of the 21st century.” — Federico Fuentes, editor of Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal 336 PAGES • CLOTH 978-0-8147-2388-3 • $35.00

Faithful Bodies Performing Religion and Race in the Puritan Atlantic

God Mocks A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert TERRY LINDVALL

“Clear, calm prose carving a path towards a sustainable future with the precision of diamond.”

— Emma Thompson, actor and environmental activist 384 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-8673-9 • $35.00

Four Steeples Over City Streets

HEATHER MIYANO KOPELSON

Religion and Society in New York’s Early Republic Congregations

“What a saga, both personal and political. Urdang’s strength and decency and narrative gifts shine throughout this powerful memoir.” – William Finnegan, The New Yorker staff writer; Pulitzer Prize winner

“Anyone who cares about schools and young people and justice will find this book a welcome blast of wisdom and commonsense.”

— Bill Bigelow, Curriculum Editor of Rethinking Schools

416 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-6028-9 • $28.00 In the Early American Places series

KYLE T. BULTHUIS

256 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-3134-0 • $27.00 In the Early American Places series

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