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The Bible and African Americans: A Brief History

The unique encounter of African Americans with the Bible has shaped centuries of spirituality and social engagement of a whole continent. Highly respected...

Fortress Introduction to Black Church History

A concise and accessible history. A brief history of black Christian churches in the United States has long been needed. Larger sociological and historical...

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Down, Up, and Over: Slave Religion and Black Theology

Hopkins contends that the lives of enslaved African Americans were the foundational source of liberating faith and practice for African Americans today....

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Varieties of African American Religious Experience

Anthony Pinn's engrossing survey highlights the rich diversity of black religious life in America, revealing manifestations of an ever-changing black...

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Another Day's Journey: Black Churches Confronting the American Crisis

A call to arms for the churches, Franklin's book urges direct engagement by African American and other churches with regard to America's mounting social...

Xodus: An African American Male Journey

In a bold, inventive style, Xodus addresses the increasingly perilous situation of black males by sifting critically through the mythic, cultural, and...

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The Spirituality of African Peoples: The Search for a Common Moral Discourse

Current interest in Afrocentricity is but one moment in the longstanding post-colonial search by African peoples, both on the continent and in the diaspora,...

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To Make the Wounded Whole: The Cultural Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

To Make the Wounded Whole describes how King's black messianic vision propelled him into fateful encounters with other black leaders, the war in Vietnam,...

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There Is a Balm in Gilead: The Cultural Roots of Martin Luther King Jr.

The sources of Martin Luther King, Jr.,'s phenomenal and prophetic impact on life in America and beyond have never been adequately understood. In this...

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