The burden of Black religion

The burden of Black religion / Curtis J. Evans.

"This book is about the crucial role that black religion has played in the United States as an imagined community or a united nation. The book argues that cultural images and interpretations of African American religion placed an enormous burden on black religious capacities as the source for b...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evans, Curtis J. (Curtis Junius) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
African Americans > Religion.
Black theology.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
African Americans > Religion
Black theology
United States > Church history.
United States
Church history
Online Access:Click for online access
Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • The meaning of slave religion
  • Black religion in the new nation : outside the boundaries of whiteness
  • The social sciences and the professional discipline of black religion
  • The creation and the burden of the Negro Church
  • The drama of black life
  • The religious and cultural meaning of The green pastures
  • Urbanization and the end of black religion in the modern world.

Similar Items