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Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited
Contributor(s): Nahmias, Rick (Photographer), Miles, Jack (Foreword by)

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ISBN: 0826346774     ISBN-13: 9780826346773
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries
- Religion
- Photography | Photojournalism
Dewey: 204.308
LCCN: 2010003602
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 9.5" W x 10.9" L (2.70 lbs) 232 pages
Features: Illustrated, Table of Contents
Awards: New Mexico Book Awards, Winner, Religion/Spirituality, 2012
New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, Winner, Religion/Spirituality, 2012
 
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Taking California as a window into the diversity of religion in America, Golden States of Grace documents marginalized communities at prayer in their own faith traditions. The collection is thoroughly interfaith, introducing us to the nation's only halfway house for addicts self-identified as Jewish, a transsexual gospel choir, a Buddhist community in San Quentin, a Mormon congregation organized by the deaf for the deaf, Latina sex workers worshipping the female folk deity Sant sima Muerte, and more. Depictions of conventional middle-class religion are widely visible in the media, but the American public rarely sees the sacred worlds of society's marginalized: the outcasts, the fallen, those that have been labeled other--ironically, those whom religion aims to serve. The poignant stories Nahmias has gathered here cross numerous boundaries and ask difficult questions few outsiders have been willing to pose.


Contributor Bio(s): Nahmias, Rick: - Rick Nahmias is a documentary photographer, writer, and filmmaker whose work has been shown across the United States, Europe, and Asia. His photographs are part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian and reside in several private and public collections across the country.
 
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