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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):
- Slavery--Africa.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--United States.
- African Americans--Religion.
- African Americans.
- Africa--Religion.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book tells the often-unrecognized, but important, story of how African religions have shaped faith in America. Mary Ann Clark explores the cultures of three African kingdoms that contributed significant numbers of their population to the Atlantic slave trade, then examines how each may have influenced contemporary American beliefs and culture.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1280779071
- 9786613689467
- OCLC:
- 850192907
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