| Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism Revised Edition Contributor(s): Harris, Fredrick C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 019514595X ISBN-13: 9780195145953 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $44.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: One of the first book-length studies in decades solely devoted to religion and African-American political activism, Something Within explores how Afro-Christianity encourages political activism among 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. Moving beyond the current debates on the subject, Fredrick C. Harris advances a new theory of religion as a political resource for a "civic culture in opposition." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Religion | Comparative Religion - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 306.608 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Series: Religion in African-American Political Activism |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.03" W x 9.22" (0.78 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the first book-length studies in decades solely devoted to religion and African-American political activism, Something Within explores how Afro-Christianity encourages political activism among 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. Moving beyond the current debates on the subject, Fredrick C. Harris advances a new theory of religion as a political resource for a civic culture in opposition. |