African American Religion

Name: African American Religion
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc

Oxford University Press Inc

African American ReligionA Very Short Introduction\nAuthor(s): Eddie S. Glaude Jr.\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780195182897, 978-0195182897\nSynopsis\nSince 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. \n\nIn 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 includin.