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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |49 pages
Models for Studying African-American Religion
chapter |12 pages
The Central Themes of American Religious History
Pluralism, Puritanism, and the Encounter of Black and White
part |76 pages
Slave Religion
part |43 pages
The Black Church North of Slavery
part |80 pages
Emancipation, Mission, and Black Destiny
chapter |27 pages
“The Future Golden Day of the Race”
Millennialism and Black Americans in the Nadir, 1877–1901
part |108 pages
Urbanization, New Religious Movements, and Social Activism
chapter |28 pages
The Baptist Church in Years of Crisis
J. C. Austin and Pilgrim Baptist Church, 1926–1950
part |99 pages
African-American Religious Culture
chapter |23 pages
The Roles of Church and Community Mothers
Ambivalent American Sexism or Fragmented African Familyhood?