Then We'll Sing a New Song

African Influences on America's Religious Landscape

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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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 population 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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-05-10
Mått:161 x 241 x 22 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:242
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781442208797

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Mary Ann Clark is the author of several books, including Santería: Correcting the Myths and Uncovering the Realities of a Growing Religion, and has been interviewed in publications such as the L.A. Times and the Houston Chronicle. She is an independent scholar, teaches at Yavapai College, and lives in Prescott, Arizona.To learn more about the author, click here.

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The last few years have seen a continuing and important reevaluation of the black experience of Christianity in America; this contribution by independent scholar Clark (religious studies, Univ. of Houston, Clear Lake) is one of the more readable and thoughtful studies. In well-researched chapters, Clark shows the profound and distinctive contributions of three of the African regions from which many slaves were brought to the New World: the kingdom of Kongo, the Oyo empire, and the kingdom of Dahomey. VERDICT A brief, concise, and flowingly written narrative of some of the most telling components of black religion in America, this book will be a fine introduction for the general reader, as well as a resource for black churches and university courses.

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PrefaceChapter 1: A Most Religious NationChapter 2: Jesus is my Bosom Friend: The Development of American ReligionChapter 3: African Christianity: Kingdom of KongoChapter 4: The Dead Are Not DeadChapter 5: Children of Oduduwa: The Oyo EmpireChapter 6: Then Why Not Every Man?Chapter 7: Children of the Leopard: Kingdom of DahomeyChapter 8: That Voodoo That You DoChapter 9: New African BranchesNotesGlossaryTimelineAdditional ReadingsBibliography