The African American Religious Experience in America (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313325854)

Most who think about African American religion limit themselves to black churches, or perhaps to aspects of Islamic thought and practice. But a close look at the religious landscape of African American communities presents a much more complex, thick, and layered religious reality comprising many competing faiths and practices. The African American Religious Experience in America provides readers with an introduction to the tremendous religious diversity of African American communities in the United States, with snapshots of 11 religious traditions practiced by African Americans--from Buddhism to Catholicism, from Judaism to Voodoo. Each snapshot provides readers a better understanding of how African Americans practice their faiths in the United States.

The African American Religious Experience in America provides resources for students taking classes on the history of American religion, African American Studies, and on American Studies. In addition to the in-depth discussion of the varieties of African American Religion, the volume includes a historical introduction to the development of African American Religion, a glossary of terms, a timeline of important events, a series of short biographies of important figures in the history of African American religion and a bibliography of sources for further study. Finally, the book includes a series of primary source documents that will provide students with first-person accounts of how religion is practiced in the African American community both today and in the past.

Author: Anthony B. Pinn
ISBN-10: 0313325855
ISBN-13: 9780313325854
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.62w x 1.32d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2005 pg. 93
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2006 pg. 570
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2007 pg. 262
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2007 pg. 527