| Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism Contributor(s): Harris, Fredrick C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195120337 ISBN-13: 9780195120332 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $193.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1999 Annotation: 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." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 306.608 |
| LCCN: 97008904 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.43" W x 9.53" (1.23 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |