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Author Pinn, Anthony B.

Title Varieties of African American religious experience / Anthony B. Pinn.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [1998]
©1998

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  200.8996 P656V    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (. 230-238) and index.
Contents 1. Serving the Loa : vodou, voodoo, and the voodoo spiritual temple -- 2. Ashe! : Santería, orisha-voodoo, and Oyotunji African village -- 3. The great Mahdi has come! : Islam, Nation of Islam, and the Minneapolis study group -- 4. What if God were one of us? : humanism and African Americans for humanism -- 5. How do we talk about religion? : religious experience, cultural memory, and theological method.
Summary "Pinn's work provides a fascinating look, especially at Vodoo, Santeria, the Nation of Islam, and Black Humanists in the United States."--cover.
Subject African Americans -- Religion.
Vodou.
Afro-Caribbean cults.
Black Muslims.
Humanism, Religious.
Negers.
Voodoo.
Black Muslims.
Humanisme (levensbeschouwing)
Sekten.
Religion
United States
Schwarze
African Americans -- Religion. (OCoLC)fst00799689
Afro-Caribbean cults. (OCoLC)fst00800044
Black Muslims. (OCoLC)fst00833633
Humanism, Religious. (OCoLC)fst00963530
Vodou. (OCoLC)fst01801724
ISBN 0800629949 alkaline paper
9780800629946 alkaline paper
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