Something within : religion in African-American political activism / Fredrick C. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Fredrick C., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government.

Christianity and politics--United States.

Christianity and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

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. 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

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. When a Little Becomes Much: Religious Resources in Action; 3. Prophetic Fragments: Macro and Micro Foundations of Religious Resources; 4. Religion Reconsidered: Black Protest and Electoral Activism in an Age of Transformation; 5. Blessed Assurance: Religion, Personal Empowerment, and African-American Political Activism; 6. Rock in a Weary Land: Religious Institutions and African-American Political Activism; 7. Ties That Bind: Linking Religion and Intermediary Resources to Political Action

8. The Last Shall Be First: Religion, Oppositional Culture, and African-American Political Mobilization9. In My Father's House: Religion and Gender in African-American Political Life; Epilogue. It Remains to Be Seen: Stability and Change in Religion and African-American Politics; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-220) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773401-4

1-280-47047-X

9786610470471

1-4237-3825-X

0-19-802821-0

1-60256-284-9

OCLC:

191936875