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Race, Religion And Law: The Tension Between Spirit And Its Institutionalization, George H. Taylor Jan 2006

Race, Religion And Law: The Tension Between Spirit And Its Institutionalization, George H. Taylor

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My reflections flow from some recent writings by the critical race scholar Derrick Bell. Bell acknowledges that in prior work he has focused on the "the economic, political, and cultural dimensions of racism" but now suggests the possibility of a "deeper foundation" arising from the conjunction that "[m]ost racists are also Christians." This statement is Bell at his best: at once both extremely provocative and extremely unsettling. I want to explore and develop two aspects of Bell's argument.

First, if we want to examine and understand the many dimensions of racism, it is not enough to employ economic, political, or …


Text, Tradition, And Reason In Comparative Perspective: An Introduction, Adam Seligman, Suzanne Last Stone Jan 2006

Text, Tradition, And Reason In Comparative Perspective: An Introduction, Adam Seligman, Suzanne Last Stone

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What's Real For Law?, Jospeh Vining Jan 2006

What's Real For Law?, Jospeh Vining

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Law is not academic. The univeristy if not its home. Law is in the wider world and is pervasive there, in language, thought, and action.