The African American Religious Experience in America: The American Religious Experience
Autor Anthony B. Pinnen Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 noi 2005 – vârsta până la 17 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780313325854
ISBN-10: 0313325855
Pagini: 376
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Greenwood
Seria The American Religious Experience
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0313325855
Pagini: 376
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Greenwood
Seria The American Religious Experience
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Notă biografică
Anthony B. Pinn Anthony B. Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. Pinn is the author/editor of fifteen books, including: Varieties of African American Religious Experience (1998),The Black Church in the Post-Civil Rights Era (2002), and Terror and Triumph: The Nature of Black Religion (2003).
Cuprins
AcknowledgementsIntroductionAn Overview of African American ReligionSources of African American ReligionDevelopment of African American ReligionThe Varieties of African American ReligionBlack Spiritual ChurchesBuddhismHumanismJudaismNation of IslamProtestant ChurchesThe Roman Catholic ChurchSanteriaSunni IslamVoodooGlossaryChronologyBiographiesAppendixBibliography
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[P]resents an introduction to several different faiths practiced in the black community: Buddhism, Catholicism, Judaism, voodoo, and many more.
[H]ighly recommended..for any college-level institution..[o]ffers solid research, source material references, and social insights..[T]he African American Religious Experience provides snapshots of 11 religious traditions close to the Afro-American experience in the US, from Buddhism to Voodoo. Each chapter opens with a historical introduction, moving to discussions off the Afro-American religious experience, a timeline of notable events, and details on different religious practices. Sidebars of information and source material bibliographies make for fine reference.
This volume, from an esteemed reilgious historian, is an excellent resource for high school and college students studying African-American religion, American religions, and American studies. In-depth discussions and historical information are provided. These include primary source documents that will give students first-person accounts of how religion is practiced in the African-American commununity today and in the past.
This illustrated chronicle of the spiritual paths of African Americans through major denominations such as Islam and various Christian denominiations as well as smaller groups such as Santeria and humanism, includes perspectives on the impact that slavery and civil rights struggles have had on faith practices. It provides a specific and needed cultural perspective on race and religion in North America.
[H]ighly recommended..for any college-level institution..[o]ffers solid research, source material references, and social insights..[T]he African American Religious Experience provides snapshots of 11 religious traditions close to the Afro-American experience in the US, from Buddhism to Voodoo. Each chapter opens with a historical introduction, moving to discussions off the Afro-American religious experience, a timeline of notable events, and details on different religious practices. Sidebars of information and source material bibliographies make for fine reference.
This volume, from an esteemed reilgious historian, is an excellent resource for high school and college students studying African-American religion, American religions, and American studies. In-depth discussions and historical information are provided. These include primary source documents that will give students first-person accounts of how religion is practiced in the African-American commununity today and in the past.
This illustrated chronicle of the spiritual paths of African Americans through major denominations such as Islam and various Christian denominiations as well as smaller groups such as Santeria and humanism, includes perspectives on the impact that slavery and civil rights struggles have had on faith practices. It provides a specific and needed cultural perspective on race and religion in North America.