Golden States of Grace - Prayers of the Disinherited (Paperback)

Taking California as a window into the diversity of religion in America, Golden States of Grace documents marginalized communities at prayer in their own faith traditions. The collection is thoroughly interfaith, introducing us to the nation's only halfway house for addicts self-identified as Jewish, a transsexual gospel choir, a Buddhist community in San Quentin, a Mormon congregation organized by the deaf for the deaf, Latina sex workers worshipping the female folk deity Santisima Muerte, and more. Depictions of conventional middle-class religion are widely visible in the media, but the American public rarely sees the sacred worlds of society's marginalized: the outcasts, the fallen, those that have been labeled "other"--ironically, those whom religion aims to serve. The poignant stories Nahmias has gathered here cross numerous boundaries and ask difficult questions few outsiders have been willing to pose.

General

Imprint:	University of New Mexico Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	November 2010
Authors:	Rick Nahmias
Foreword by:	Jack Miles
Dimensions:	277 x 241 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Sewn
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-8263-4677-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic reportage Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	0-8263-4677-4
Barcode:	9780826346773

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