“Take It to the Lord”: Religion and Responses to Racial Discrimination in the Workplace

Simple item page
dc.citation.firstpage177
dc.citation.issueNumber2
dc.citation.journalTitleSociology of Race and Ethnicity
dc.citation.lastpage191
dc.citation.volumeNumber10
dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Rachel C.
dc.contributor.authorMabute-Louie, Bianca
dc.contributor.authorHoward Ecklund, Elaine
dc.contributor.authorDaniels, Denise
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T20:55:18Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T20:55:18Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractDrawing on in-depth interview data from the nationally representative Faith at Work: An Empirical Study, this article contributes to understanding the role of religion in shaping interpretations of and responses to racial discrimination in the workplace. Specifically, it shows how Christians of different racial groups understand the relevance of their faith in coping with perceived racial discrimination in the workplace, and it illuminates the religious frames that respondents employ to “make sense” of perceived racial discrimination at work. We find that Christians of color and White Christians primarily draw on religious frames such as forgiveness and divine sovereignty in response to perceived discrimination but that these frames serve different functions. Some Christians of color also link their faith to a moral conviction to stand up for themselves and others in the workplace. While most studies on the connection between religion and racial discrimination focus on faith as an individual-level coping mechanism and buffering effect, this article also analyzes the implications of religion on racial hierarchies and racial equity efforts in the workplace—including a focus on how religion serves to produce epistemologies of ignorance and support feelings of White victimhood. Our study contributes to the scholarship on racial discrimination and religion by offering new insights into how Christians of different racial groups use faith to cope with perceived racial discrimination at work.
dc.identifier.citationSchneider, R. C., Mabute-Louie, B., Howard Ecklund, E., & Daniels, D. (2024). “Take It to the Lord”: Religion and Responses to Racial Discrimination in the Workplace. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 10(2), 177–191. https://doi.org/10.1177/23326492241231766
dc.identifier.digitalschneider-et-al-2024
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/23326492241231766
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/117527
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.rightsExcept where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) license.  Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the terms of the license or beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.title“Take It to the Lord”: Religion and Responses to Racial Discrimination in the Workplace
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.dcmiText
dc.type.publicationpublisher version
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
schneider-et-al-2024.pdf
Size:
234.83 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
Collections
Faculty Publications
Sociology Publications