Race and New Religious Movements in the USA

With Race and New Religious Movements in the USA, Clark and Stoddard have produced a novel and accessible documentary reader. * Nova Religio *Featuring texts as varied as scriptures, prayers, sermons, treatises, newspapercolumns, legal decisions, and FBI surveillance files, this rich collection offersinvaluable insight into the significance of race in the theologies and practices ofnew religious movements in U.S. history. * Judith Weisenfeld, Professor of Religion, Princeton University, USA *This is a fascinating trove of primary sources from movements that are eitherlittle known or understudied. Taken together, these documents reveal a nationwhere the idea of racial difference is being endlessly re-examined by thereligious imagination. * Joseph P. Laycock, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University, USA *This documentary reader deftly reveals the role of the production andmaintenance of religious-racial categories within the long history of new andalternative American religiosity. It highlights the diversity of this process acrosstime periods, regions, and ethnic groups. It is a welcome resource. * Benjamin E. Zeller, Associate Professor of Religion, Lake Forest College, USA *

Emily Suzanne Clark is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Gonzaga University, USA. She is author of A Luminous Brotherhood: Afro-Creole Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans (2016).

Brad Stoddard is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at McDaniel College, USA. He is the co-editor of Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Clichés (2017) and President of the North American Association for the Study of Religion.