The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics

2013 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 302-302
Author(s):  
C. Carson
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Author(s):  
Vincent W. Lloyd

All saints are, in a sense, post-racial. By definition, saints transcend worldly concepts and categories, but in doing so they draw on the specificity of their worldly features. During the 2008 election campaign and in the early days of his presidency, Barack Obama was represented as saintly. Was this merely a metaphor, or is there something about the theological structure of sainthood that captures Obama’s representation (and self-presentation)? By moving back and forth between analysis of Obama’s image and reflection on sainthood, this chapter attempts to move both conversations about black politics and about sainthood forward, helping us racially inflect our understanding of saints and helping us theologically deepen our understanding of the first black president.


2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (04) ◽  
pp. 739-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman ◽  
Melanye Price

When Barack Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, he was well on his way to claiming the open U.S. Senate seat once held by the only other black Democratic senator since Reconstruction, Carol Moseley-Braun. Although mostly unknown, the self-professed “skinny guy with the funny name,” made a lasting impression. Secure in his own Senate race, Obama, a rising political star, spent much of the fall traveling the country as a surrogate for Democratic candidates.


1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1249-1250
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