The new Black gods : Arthur Huff Fauset and the study of African American religions /

Taking the influential work of Arthur Huff Fauset as a starting point to break down the false dichotomy that exists between mainstream and marginal, a new generation of scholars offers fresh ideas for understanding the religious expressions of African Americans in the United States. Fauset's 19...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Curtis, Edward E., IV, 1970-, Sigler, Danielle Brune
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2009
Series:Religion in North America.
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Summary:Taking the influential work of Arthur Huff Fauset as a starting point to break down the false dichotomy that exists between mainstream and marginal, a new generation of scholars offers fresh ideas for understanding the religious expressions of African Americans in the United States. Fauset's 1944 classic, Black Gods of the Metropolis, launched original methods and theories for thinking about African American religions as modern, cosmopolitan, and democratic. The essays in this collection show the diversit.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 269 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253004086
025300408X
0253220572
9780253220578
1282539922
9781282539921
9786612539923
6612539925
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized