The Burden of Black Religion
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: March 21, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780195329315
Subjects: Black studies; History of religion; Multicultural studies; Religion & Beliefs; Religion; Religion - Church History; USA; Christianity - History - General; Religion / History; History; Social History; United States - 19th Century
Description: In the long and tortured history of American ideas about race religion has played a prominent role. In this book, Curtis Evans traces ideas about African American religion from the antebellum period to the middle of the 20th century. Central to the story he argues, is the popular notion that blacks were somehow 'naturally' religious.