Eddie S. Glaude Jr. African American Religion (Paperback)
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Further Details Title: African American Religion Condition: New EAN: 9780195182897 ISBN: 9780195182897 Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Format: Paperback Release Date: 08/28/2014 Item Height: 173mm Item Length: 114mm Item Width: 10mm Language: English ISBN-10: 0195182898 Description: Since the first African American denomination was established in Philadelphia in 1818, churches have gone beyond their role as spiritual guides in African American communities and have served as civic institutions, spaces for education, and sites for the cultivation of individuality and identities in the face of limited or non-existent freedom. In this Very Short Introduction, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. explores the history and circumstances of African American religion through three examples: conjure, African American Christianity, and African American Islam. He argues that the phrase "African American religion " is meaningful only insofar as it describes how through religion, African Americans have responded to oppressive conditions including slavery, Jim Crow apartheid, and the pervasive and institutionalized discrimination that exists today. This bold claim frames his interpretation of the historical record of the wide diversity of religious experiences in the African American community. He rejects the common tendency to racialize African American religious experiences as an inherent proclivity towards religiousness and instead focuses on how religious communities and experiences have developed in the African American community and the context in which these developments took place. Country/Region of Manufacture: US Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality Book Series: Very Short Introductions Topic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences Author: Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Item Weight: 145g Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction Release Year: 2014 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
