Stephanie Y. Mitchem is professor of religious studies and women and gender studies at the University of South Carolina, where she also teaches African American studies . She is the author of several books, including Introducing Womanist Theology and African American Folk Healing.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Human Rights and Religions in the United States 2 Driven by the Original Identity Politics 3 Broken Treaties, Resistance, and Decolonization 4 Black Identities and the Weight of History 5 Hispanics? “We Know Who We Are” 6 Asian Americans at the Race-Politics-Religion Intersection 7 Muslims, The Newest/Old Others 8 Race, Politics, and Religion: Toward Human Rights at theIntersection 9 Conclusion: Toward Human Rights from Below in the UnitedStates Appendix A: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix B: Commentary and Excerpts of Related United NationsDocuments and Concepts Selected Bibliography

Given the historical and socio-political emphases of Race, Religion, and Politics, upper-level undergraduate and graduate students would benefit most from reading this text, particularly those with a scholarly interest in Christian Ethics.

Stephanie Y. Mitchem is professor of religious studies and women and gender studies at the University of South Carolina, where she also teaches African American studies . She is the author of several books, including Introducing Womanist Theology and African American Folk Healing.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Human Rights and Religions in the United States 2 Driven by the Original Identity Politics 3 Broken Treaties, Resistance, and Decolonization 4 Black Identities and the Weight of History 5 Hispanics? “We Know Who We Are” 6 Asian Americans at the Race-Politics-Religion Intersection 7 Muslims, The Newest/Old Others 8 Race, Politics, and Religion: Toward Human Rights at theIntersection 9 Conclusion: Toward Human Rights from Below in the UnitedStates Appendix A: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix B: Commentary and Excerpts of Related United NationsDocuments and Concepts Selected Bibliography

Given the historical and socio-political emphases of Race, Religion, and Politics, upper-level undergraduate and graduate students would benefit most from reading this text, particularly those with a scholarly interest in Christian Ethics.

Stephanie Y. Mitchem is professor of religious studies and women and gender studies at the University of South Carolina, where she also teaches African American studies . She is the author of several books, including Introducing Womanist Theology and African American Folk Healing.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Human Rights and Religions in the United States 2 Driven by the Original Identity Politics 3 Broken Treaties, Resistance, and Decolonization 4 Black Identities and the Weight of History 5 Hispanics? “We Know Who We Are” 6 Asian Americans at the Race-Politics-Religion Intersection 7 Muslims, The Newest/Old Others 8 Race, Politics, and Religion: Toward Human Rights at theIntersection 9 Conclusion: Toward Human Rights from Below in the UnitedStates Appendix A: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix B: Commentary and Excerpts of Related United NationsDocuments and Concepts Selected Bibliography

Given the historical and socio-political emphases of Race, Religion, and Politics, upper-level undergraduate and graduate students would benefit most from reading this text, particularly those with a scholarly interest in Christian Ethics.