Then we'll sing a new song : African influences on America's religious landscape / Mary Ann Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Mary Ann, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Religion.

Africa.

Religion.

Slavery--Africa.

Slavery.

Slavery--United States.

United States.

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

viii, 234 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

Then We'll Sing a New Song is a fascinating examination of how African religions have shaped belief and practices in America. Not just the story of the development of African American religions or the black church, this book tells the often unrecognized but important story of how African religions have shaped religion in America more broadly.

Mary Ann Clark introduces readers to the cultures of three African kingdoms that contributed significant numbers of their populations to the African slave trade, and also profoundly shaped religion in America-the Kingdom of Kongo, the Oyo Empire, and the Kingdom of Dahomey. Each of these groups has a unique history within the long history of the Atlantic slave trade and interacts with the Americas at a specific point in history. Clark shows how each may have had an influence on contemporary American beliefs and culture, sometimes in surprising ways. The book features a glossary, timeline, and maps. Book jacket.

Contents:

A most religious nation

Jesus is my bosom friend: the development of American religion

African Christianity: kingdom of Kongo

The dead are not dead

Children of Oduduwa: the Oyo empire

Then why not every man?

Children of the leopard: kingdom of Dahomey

That voodoo that you do

New African branches.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442208797

1442208791

9781442208810

1442208813

OCLC:

764377456