Free standard shipping on all orders
  • Visa
  • Master Card
  • American Express
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • JCB

Introducing African American Religion book cover

1st Edition

Introducing African American Religion

By Anthony B. Pinn Copyright 2013
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a creative and unique approach to the history of African American religion. Tracing what it has meant to be African American and religious within the context of the United States, it provides a vital snapshot of some of the traditions that have shaped the religious imagination of the country. Major themes and problems encountered by African Americans involved in a variety of... Read more

Section One: The Nature, Origins, and Historical Overview of African American Religion  1. What Is African American Religion?  2. Africans in the Americas  3. Beginnings of African American Religion  4. African American Religion in the 19th Century  5. African American Religion in the 20th Century  Section Two: Major Themes in African American Religion  6. Worldly Change, or a New World?  7. Religion, Race, and Racism  8. The Question of Gender  9. Dreams of Democracy  10. African American Religion and Economics  11. Liberation Theology  Section Three: Issues and Concerns in Contemporary African American Religion  12. Sex and Sexuality  13. Hip Hop and the New ‘Look’ of Religion  14. The New ‘Nones’.  Chronology.  Glossary.  Additional Resources.

Biography

Anthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University, USA. His books include Terror and Triumph: The Nature of Black Religion (2003) and Varieties of African American Religious Experience (1999).

"An informed, very accessible text that provides a useful window into the broad sweep of African American religious life." - Larry G. Murphy, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA

"This is a fine text, providing historical, thematic, and contemporary portraits of African American religion. An accomplished scholar, teacher, and author, Pinn provides a comprehensive treatment including Protestantism, Catholicism, and non-Christian traditions." - Sandy Dwayne Martin, University of Georgia, USA

"Textbooks on broad topics rarely have the quality of being both lucid and engaging. Introducing African American Religion has certainly accomplished this feat, and without sacrificing any of the crucial points needed to grasp the range and scope of Black faith traditions." - Zain Abdullah, Temple University, USA

"Pinn is a major scholar who has given us a work that for the first time embraces the entire span of the African American religious experience, not simply that which is uniquely African American. As such, it highlights the complexity of that experience in its lengthy interaction both with African and American religious cultures." - Peter W. Williams, Miami University (Ohio), USA

Add to Cart