The African diaspora and the study of religion /
The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion engages a variety of conversations at the forefront of contemporary scholarship in the study of religion and in African diaspora studies. These conversations include: the construction of racial identity in diverse national settings (Brazil, Mexico, Brit...
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Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2008
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Alexander Crummell and the Belief in African Superiority-- Wilson Jeremiah Moses* PART I: AFRICA IN DIASPORA * Raising Champions, Taking Territories: African Churches and the Mapping of New
- Religious Landscapes in Diaspora--Afe Adogame * The Bible and the Quran among the Rastafari and the Nation of Islam--Maboula Soumahoro * Ahmadi, Beboppers, Veterans, and Migrants: African-American Islam in Boston
- 1948-1963--Fatimah Fanusie * PART II: DIASPORA IN LITERATURE AND CULTURE * Robert Nathaniel Dett and African America's Christian Kingdom of Culture, 1926-1932--Regennia N. Williams * Slain in the Spirit: Sexuality and Afro-Caribbean Religious Expression in Nella Larsen's Quicksand--Merinda Simmons * Candombľ, Christianity and Gnosticism in Toni Morrison's Paradise--Maha Marouan * PART III: DIASPORA IN LATIN AMERICA * Understanding Diaspora Culture: African Religious Heritage in the Caribbean--Katherine A. Smith * The African Diaspora in Mexico: Santeria, Tourism and Representations of the State--Angela N. Castąeda * Writing out Africa? Racial Politics and the Cuban regla de ocha--Christine Ayorinde * PART IV: DIASPORA IN THEORY * Macumba Has Invaded all Spheres: Africanity, Black Magic and the Study of Afro-Brazilian Religions--Kelly Hayes * Early American Pentecostalism: Race, Religion and the Politics of Anticipation--Matthew Waggoner * Toward a Tradition of African American Pragmatic Religious Naturalism--Jonathon Kahn * Conclusion: "'Africa' in the Study of African American Religion"--Eddie S. Glaude * Afterword: "'Religion' in the Study of the African Diaspora"--Russell T. McCutcheon.
