{"product_id":"9780826346780","title":"Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking California as a window into the diversity of religion in America, \u003ci\u003eGolden States of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Santísima 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111558856944,"sku":"9780826346780","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780826346780_p0.jpg?v=1769910718","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780826346780","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}