Yet with a Steady Beat: Contemporary U.S. Afrocentric Biblical Interpretation

"Yet With a Steady Beat: Contemporary U. S. Afrocentric Biblical Interpretation" is a collection of essays written by Black bibl...

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Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord (The History of African-American Religions)

"A brilliant and lively work that brings alive black Methodism in the late 19th century. This is an extremely important and original ...

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African American Religion: A Very Short Introduction

Since the first African American denomination was established in Philadelphia in 1818, churches have gone beyond their role as spiritual g...

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Faith in Their Own Color: Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City

On a September afternoon in 1853, three African American men from St. Philip's Church walked into the Convention of the Episcopal Dioc...

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Leopards of the Magical Dawn: Science and the Cosmological Foundations of Igbo Culture

The Igbo people and their unique culture represents a mercurial bridge of time, with potentials of linking the contemporary mind to the my...

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Holy Harlots: Femininity, Sexuality, and Black Magic in Brazil

Holy Harlots examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing the beliefs and rel...

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It's a New Day: Race and Gender in the Modern Charismatic Movement

It’s a New Day chronicles the rise of women and African American evangelists in the independent charismatic movement in post-World War II ...

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Haitian Vodou: An Introduction to Haiti's Indigenous Spiritual Tradition

Haitian Vodou is a fascinating spiritual tradition rich with ceremonies and magic, songs and prayers, dances and fellowship. Yet outside o...

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Vodou Shaman: The Haitian Way of Healing and Power

Goes beyond the stereotypes to restore Vodou to its proper place as a powerful shamanic tradition • Provides practical exercises and tech...

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Drawing Down the Spirits: The Traditions and Techniques of Spirit Possession

An insider’s view of the inner workings and prevalence of spirit possession in our modern world • Provides practical techniques for prepa...

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Songs of Zion: The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa

Founded by free people of color in Philadelphia in the aftermath of the American Revolution, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...

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Honoring the Ancestors: An African Cultural Interpretation of Black Religion and Literature

In Honoring the Ancestors, Donald H. Matthews affirms once and for all the African foundation of African-American religious practice. His ...

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Sisters of the Spirit: Three Black Women's Autobiographies of the Nineteenth Century

Sisters of the Spirit: Three Black Women's Autobiographies of the Nineteenth Century [William_L._Andrews]_Sisters_of_the_Spirit_Three...

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Christianity in Africa and the African Diaspora: The Appropriation of a Scattered Heritage

The rapid development of African Christianity and its offshoots in the Diaspora is rooted in colonial history and resistance to oppression...

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A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown

In 1954, a past or named Jim Jones opened a church in Indianapolis called Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. He was a charismatic preacher...

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Slave Missions and the Black Church in the Antebellum South

How slaves created the organized black church while still under the yoke of bondage. [janet_duitsman_cornelius]_slave_missions_and_the__b...

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African-American Religion (Religion in American Life)

Throughout African-American history, religion has been indelibly intertwined with the fight against intolerance and racial prejudice. Mart...

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Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation, 1968-1998

Risks of Faith offers for the first time the best of noted theologian James H. Cone's essays, including several new pieces. Representi...

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African-American Religious Leaders (A to Z of African Americans)

African-American Religious Leaders profiles many African American religious leaders, from the most famous, Martin Luther King, Elijah Muha...

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Word: For Everybody Who Thought Christianity Was for Suckas

Mitchell, hip-hop veteran and radio producer, turned to Christianity when "the expensive toys, the fly gear and the expensive girlfri...

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