Race, Ethnicity, and the Functional Use of Religion When Faced with Imminent Death
This article uses religious coping theory to theorize about how and why race and ethnic groups on death row frame religious last statements at the moment of imminent death. Unique data (N = 269) drawn from death row inmates in Texas between December 1982 and April 2016 reveal uniformity in the domin...
Main Author: | Ryan A. Smith |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2020-09-01
|
Series: | Religions |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/10/500 |
Similar Items
-
Death Row Confinement and the Meaning of Last Words
by: Robert Johnson, et al.
Published: (2014-02-01) -
Perceived ethnic discrimination, race-related stress, and coping styles
by: Lori Ezzedine, et al.
Published: (2020-01-01) -
Coping on Death Row: The Perspectives of Inmates and Corrections Officers
by: Partyka, Rhea D.
Published: (2004) -
Dead Men Talking: Content Analysis of Prisoners' Last Words, Innocence Claims and News Coverage from Texas' Death Row
by: Malone, Dan F.
Published: (2006) -
Death Anxiety, Religious Doubt, and Depressive Symptoms across Race in Older Adults
by: Kelcie D. Willis, et al.
Published: (2019-09-01)