| Description |
x, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-220) and index. |
| Contents |
When a little becomes much: religious resources in action -- Prophetic fragments: macro and micro foundations of religious resources -- Religion reconsidered: Black protest and electoral activism in an age of transformation -- Blessed assurance: religion, personal empowerment, and African-American political activism -- Rock in a weary land: religious institutions and African-American political activism -- Ties that bind: linking religion and intermediary resources to political action -- The last shall be first: religion, oppositional culture, and African-American political mobilization -- In my father's house: religion and gender in African-American political life. |
| Summary |
"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. |
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Going beyond the opiate-inspiration debate that has dominated research on the subject, author Fredrick C. |
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Harris illustrates the participatory effects of Afro-Christianity by examining its institutional, psychological, and cultural influences."--Jacket. |
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African Americans -- Religion.
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African Americans -- Politics and government.
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Christianity and politics -- United States.
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African Americans -- Political activity.
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African Americans -- Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst00799659
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African Americans -- Religion.
(OCoLC)fst00799689
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Christianity and politics. (OCoLC)fst00859736
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Negers.
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Activisme.
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Religieuze aspecten.
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Religiöses Leben.
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Politisches Engagement.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States.
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Schwarze.
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| ISBN |
0195120337 (alkaline paper) |
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9780195120332 (alkaline paper) |
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019514595X (paperback) |
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9780195145953 (paperback) |
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