African American Religion

African American Religion
ISBN-10
0195182898
ISBN-13
9780195182897
Category
Religion
Pages
142
Language
English
Published
2014-07-01
Publisher
Oxford University Press (UK)
Author
Eddie S. Glaude

Description

"African American Religion offers a provocative historical and philosophical treatment of the religious life of African Americans. Glaude argues that the phrase "African American religion" is meaningful only insofar as it singles out the distinctive waysreligion has been leveraged by African Americans to respond to different racial regimes in the United States. That bold claim frames how he reads the historical record. Slavery, Jim Crow, and current appeals to color blindness serve as a backdrop for histreatment of conjure, African American Christianity and Islam"--

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