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Book Review: God and Government in the Ghetto: The Politics of Church—State Collaboration in Black America, by Michael Leo Owens. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. 304 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper)
In: Urban affairs review, Band 45, Heft 4, S. 563-565
ISSN: 1552-8332
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Black Morality Politics: Preachers, Politicians, and Voters in the Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage in Maryland
In: Journal of black studies, Band 45, Heft 4, S. 338-362
ISSN: 1552-4566
In recent years, there have been a number of examples of African Americans mobilizing around morality politics issues. In Maryland, Black churches and church leaders mobilized against legalizing same-sex marriage. This entailed a more extensive mobilization than for any issue in recent memory. Despite this unprecedented mobilization, a majority of Black state legislators supported a measure legalizing same-sex marriage as the vast majority voted on the basis of their personal attitudes on the issue. This suggests Black legislators may serve as a buffer against Black social conservatism. Examination of this issue yields some important insights in terms of how Black churches mobilize in the contemporary context, perceptions of the political power of the Black church, how conceptions of "civil rights" intersects with this particular issue, and the inadequacy of labels like "progressive" or "conservative" to fully describe many Black political actors—especially when it comes to morality politics.