Something Within : Religion in African-American Political Activism
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| Title: | Something Within : Religion in African-American Political Activism |
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| Description: | One of the first book-length studies devoted to religion and African-American political activism in a generation, Something Within explores how Afro-Christianity, in various ways, promotes the political activism of African-Americans. Combining ethnography, history, contextual analysis, and survey research, this book illustrates the participatory effects of Afro-Christianity by examining its institutional, psychological, and cultural influences. Going beyond the opiate-inspiration debate that has dominated research on the subject, Author Fredrick C. Harris advances a new theory of religion as a political resource for a'civic culture in opposition.' |
| Authors: | Fredrick C. Harris |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Religion, Christianity and politics--United States |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | One of the first book-length studies devoted to religion and African-American political activism in a generation, Something Within explores how Afro-Christianity, in various ways, promotes the political activism of African-Americans. Combining ethnography, history, contextual analysis, and survey research, this book illustrates the participatory effects of Afro-Christianity by examining its institutional, psychological, and cultural influences. Going beyond the opiate-inspiration debate that has dominated research on the subject, Author Fredrick C. Harris advances a new theory of religion as a political resource for a'civic culture in opposition.' |
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| ISBN: | 9780195120332 9780195145953 9781423738251 9780198028215 |
