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Strangers at home: American ethnic modernism between the World Wars

Strangers at home: American ethnic modernism between the World Wars


Rita Keresztesi



About the Author Rita Keresztesi is an assistant professor of English at the University of Oklahoma. ...
Representations of Homosexuality: Black Liberation Theology and Cultural Criticism

Representations of Homosexuality: Black Liberation Theology and Cultural Criticism


Roger A. Sneed



Review “This important work by Sneed challenges theologies that ground themselves in Black experience—Black a...
Black religion and the imagination of matter in the Atlantic World

Black religion and the imagination of matter in the Atlantic World


James A. Noel



Review “In Black Religion and the Imagination of Matter in the Atlantic World, Noel engages wide-ranging theoretic...
Gifts of Virtue, Alice Walker, and Womanist Ethics

Gifts of Virtue, Alice Walker, and Womanist Ethics


Melanie L. Harris



About the Author Melanie L. Harris is Assistant Professor at Texas Christian University. A nationally-acclaimed speaker and...
Black Pilgrimage to Islam

Black Pilgrimage to Islam


Robert Dannin



From The term black Muslim generally conjures up images of the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad. But the appeal of Is...
Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition

Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition


Yvonne P. Chireau



Review "Chireau has written a marvelous text on an important dimension of African-American religious culture. Expanding b...
Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas

Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas


Elizabeth Mcalister, Henry Goldschmidt



Review "The complex relationship between race, nationality, and religion is currently one of the most important topics in...
Goddess as Nature

Goddess as Nature




About the Author Paul Reid-Bowen lectures at Bath Spa University, UK, teaching courses on Philosophy of Religion, Contemp...
Prophesying Daughters: Black Women Preachers and the Word, 1823-1913

Prophesying Daughters: Black Women Preachers and the Word, 1823-1913


Chanta M. Haywood



Review "After this I shall pour my spirit on all mankind: / your sons and your daughters will prophesy. . . . I shall pour ...
The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible

The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible


Allen Dwight Callahan



From Publishers Weekly In this informative academic volume, Callahan (a New Testament professor at Brazil's Seminári...
Return to Glory: The Powerful Stirring of the Black Race

Return to Glory: The Powerful Stirring of the Black Race


Don B. Griffin, Joel Freeman



Book Description This unique 4-CD audio book exposes racist distortions of African achievements, analyzes examples of Afr...
Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975

Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975


Edward E. Curtis Iv



Review "This text is a 'must-read' for those interested in religion in America, black studies, Islam in America, and the ...
Karanga Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe (Vitality of Indigenous Religious Series)

Karanga Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe (Vitality of Indigenous Religious Series)


Tabona Shoko



About the Author Dr Tabona Shoko is Chairman of the Department of Religious Studies, Classics and Philosophy at the Unive...
Show Us How You Do It: Marshall Keeble and the Rise of Black Churches of Christ in the United States, 1914-1968 (Religion and American Culture) - 2nd edition

Show Us How You Do It: Marshall Keeble and the Rise of Black Churches of Christ in the United States, 1914-1968 (Religion and American Culture) - 2nd edition


Edward J. Robinson



Review “This book provides an account of a distinctive black tradition and its relation to white churches that is n...
Between Sundays: Black Women and Everyday Struggles of Faith (George Gund Foundation Book in African American Studies)

Between Sundays: Black Women and Everyday Struggles of Faith (George Gund Foundation Book in African American Studies)


Marla F. Frederick



From the Inside Flap "A wonderful ethnographic study of the role of religion in a southern rural community. Through a co...
Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem

Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem


Zain Abdullah



Review "Brilliantly subtle.... does a masterful job humanizing these subjects and rendering their lives and thoughts in n...
Righteous Content: Black Women's Perspectives of Church and Faith (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity)

Righteous Content: Black Women's Perspectives of Church and Faith (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity)


Daphne Wiggins



Review “Wiggins captures voices normally taken for granted: the voices of African American female laity. Based on fie...
Christianizing Homer: The Odyssey, Plato, and the Acts of Andrew

Christianizing Homer: The Odyssey, Plato, and the Acts of Andrew


Dennis R. Macdonald



Review "Gracefully and graciously crafted....Will be of equal interest to scholars of the classics, ancient history, and ...
Little Zion: A Church Baptized by Fire

Little Zion: A Church Baptized by Fire


Shelly O'Foran



Review "Explores the power of oral narrative, through thoughtful fieldwork and presentation, to promote understanding bet...
White Theology: Outing Supremacy in Modernity (Black Religion Womanist Thought Social Justice)

White Theology: Outing Supremacy in Modernity (Black Religion Womanist Thought Social Justice)


James W. Perkinson



Review "Perkinson does what no white theologian has done, namely offer a full-length treatment of white racism that is po...
Jesus DUB: Theology, Music And Social Change

Jesus DUB: Theology, Music And Social Change


Robert Beckford



About the Author Robert Beckford teaches at the University of Birmingham, in the department of American and Candian Studi...
Elijah Muhammad and Islam

Elijah Muhammad and Islam


Herbert Berg



Review "Herbert Berg argues persuasively that Elijah Muhammad, the leader and the Messenger of the Nation of Islam from 1...
No Cross, No Crown: Black Nuns in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans

No Cross, No Crown: Black Nuns in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans


Mary Bernard Deggs



Review "This intriguing book collects five biographies of women who became Mothers Superior in the early years of the devel...
God and Government in the Ghetto: The Politics of Church-State Collaboration in Black America (Morality and Society Series)

God and Government in the Ghetto: The Politics of Church-State Collaboration in Black America (Morality and Society Series)


Michael Leo Owens



Review “This exceptional book will be crucial for those of us who study black politics. In this era of strange all...