{"product_id":"black-and-mormon-9780252073564","title":"Black and Mormon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeatures essays that look at the mechanisms used to keep blacks from full participation in the church, the motives behind the ban, and the kinds of changes that have - and have not - taken place within the church since the revelation responsible for its end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most far-reaching studies of black Mormons to date.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bringhurst and Smith have edited an outstanding series of essays on the problems of racism among the Mormons and the exclusion of African American men from the priesthood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlack and Mormon\u003c\/i\u003e eloquently demonstrates how external social events influenced the Church's policy of denying blacks the priesthood for more than a century.\"--\u003ci\u003eBYU Studies\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036838560087,"sku":"9780252073564","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252073564.jpg?v=1750932715","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-and-mormon-9780252073564","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}