Introducing African American Religion

Name: Introducing African American Religion
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ISBN: 9780415694018

ISBN-10: 0415694019

ISBN-13: 9780415694018

Edition: 2013

Authors: Anthony B. Pinn

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Introducing African American Religionoffers a creative and unique approach to the history of African American religion. Moving beyond institutional history that dominates other books, this volume provides a reader-friendly depiction of the major issues, themes, and problems confronted by African Americans involved in a variety of traditions. Drawing on cultural developments such as hip hop culture, this book links the language and activities of African American religious experience to the cultural worlds in which African Americans live. Moving from the period of slavery and the early arrangement of religious thought and practice within communities of enslaved Africans, through the more…

Book details

List price: $48.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 11/16/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 6.85" wide x 9.65" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



List of figures


Preface


Acknowledgments



The nature, origins, and historical overview of African American religion



What is African American religion?



Africans in the Americas



Beginnings of African American religion



African American religion in the nineteenth century



African American religion in the twentieth century



Major themes in African American religion



Worldly change, or a new world?



Religion, race, and racism



The question of gender



Dreams of democracy



African American religion and economics



Liberation theology



Issues and concerns in contemporary African American religion



Sex and sexuality



Hip hop and the new "look" of religion



The new "Nones"


Chronology


Glossary of selected terms


Resources


Index