ABSTRACT

African American Religion brings together in one forum the most important essays on the development of these traditions to provide an overview of the field.

part |49 pages

Models for Studying African-American Religion

part |76 pages

Slave Religion

part |43 pages

The Black Church North of Slavery

chapter |18 pages

The Rise of African Churches in America (1786–1822)

Re-examining the Contexts

chapter |20 pages

Widening the Circle

The Black Church and the Abolitionist Crusade, 1830–1860

part |80 pages

Emancipation, Mission, and Black Destiny

chapter |22 pages

The Black Church

Manhood and Mission

chapter |24 pages

The Black Church

A Gender Perspective

chapter |27 pages

“The Future Golden Day of the Race”

Millennialism and Black Americans in the Nadir, 1877–1901

part |99 pages

African-American Religious Culture

chapter |23 pages

The Roles of Church and Community Mothers

Ambivalent American Sexism or Fragmented African Familyhood?

chapter |16 pages

The Other Kind of Doctor

Conjure and Magic in Black American Folk Medicine