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245	0	0	_aInvestigating Christian privilege and religious oppression in the United States / _cWarren J. Blumenfeld, Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild [editors].
264		1	_aRotterdam : _bSense Publishers.
264		4	_cc2009.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aTransgressions : cultural studies and education
490	0		_aEducational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_tPreliminary Material / _rWarren J. Blumenfeld , Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild -- _tChristian Privilege in the United States: An Overview / _rWarren J. Blumenfeld , Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild -- _tThe Treaty of Tripoli and the Myth of a Christian Nation / _rWarren J. Blumenfeld , Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild -- _tThe Racialization of Religion in the United States / _rWarren J. Blumenfeld , Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild -- _tSo, Why This Fracas over Marriage? And, What Might It Tell Us about “America” as a “Christian” Nation? / _rWarren J. Blumenfeld , Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild -- _tImplications and Complications of Faith-Based Initiatives for Educational Programs / _rWarren J. Blumenfeld , Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild -- _tClash over the Crosses: Las Cruces New Mexico—Preserving “Our Cultural Heritage” or Maintaining Christian Hegemony / _rWarren J. Blumenfeld , Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild -- _tWhen a Safe Space becomes an Oppressive Space: Christmas in a Cultural Center / _rWarren J. Blumenfeld , Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild -- _tChristian Teachers and Christian Privilege / _rWarren J. Blumenfeld , Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild -- _t“I Believe” in Education / _rWarren J. Blumenfeld , Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild -- _tAbout the Authors / _rWarren J. Blumenfeld , Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild.
520			_aToday, the United States stands as the most religiously diverse country in the world. This diversity poses great challenges as well as opportunities. Christian denominations and their cultural manifestations, however, often function to marginalize, exclude, and deny members and institutions of other religions and non-believers the privileges and access that accompany a Christian affiliation. Christianity is the privileged religious perspective in the United States since Christian groups, people, and organizations often have the power to define normalcy. Christian privilege comprises a large array of benefits that are often invisible, unearned, and unacknowledged by Christians. At times overt while at other times more subtle as Christian religious practice and beliefs have entered the public square, the clearly religious meanings, symbolism, positionality, and antecedents of these practices and beliefs betray claims to mere secularism. The effect of the so-called “secularization” of Christian religious practices and beliefs not only fortifies, but strengthens Christian privilege by perpetuating Christian influence in such a way as to avoid detection as religion or circumvent violating the constitutional requirements for the separation of religion and government. Christian dominance, therefore, is maintained often by its relative invisibility. With this invisibility, privilege is neither analyzed nor scrutinized, neither interrogated nor confronted. Investigating Christian Privilege and Religious Oppression in the United States addresses Christian privilege as well as religious oppression since the two are in symbiotic relationship: oppression toward non-Christians gives rise to Christian privilege in the United States, and Christian privilege maintains oppression toward non-Christian individuals and faith communities. This anthology also provides historical and contemporary cases exposing Christian privilege and religious oppression on the societal, institutional, and personal/interpersonal levels. A number of chapters include sections suggesting change strategies, and in particular, ways to achieve the national goal of religious pluralism in the United States.
650		0	_aChristianity _zUnited States.
700	1		_aBlumenfeld, Warren J., _d1947-
700	1		_aJoshi, Khyati Y., _d1970-
700	1		_aFairchild, Ellen E. _q(Ellen Elizabeth)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tInvestigating Christian Privilege and Religious Oppression in the United States _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill | Sense, [2009], _z9789087906771
830		0	_aTransgressions: Cultural Studies and Education _v37.
830		0	_aEducational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789087906788
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