Ain't gonna lay my 'ligion down
Subtitle: African American religion in the South
By: edited by Alonzo Johnson, Paul Jersild.
Contributors: Johnson, Alonzo, 1957-; Jersild, Paul T., 1931-
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: African Americans -- Southern States -- Religion.; Southern States -- Religious life and customs.
Description: "Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down" reveals the ways that African Americans have "put flesh on their Christian beliefs," adapting the faith of their European American masters and creating distinctive forms of religious expression.

The contributors to the volume examine specific African American religious customs and practices - seekin' the Lord, ring shouting, dancing, pray's houses, ecstatic trances, spirit possession, folk songs, music, tales - and the efforts of African American religious leaders to show the remarkable degree to which newly imported slaves preserved their African spiritual heritage while simultaneously meshing it with Western symbols and theological claims.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.