Then we'll sing a new song [[electronic resource] ] : African influences on America's religious landscape / / Mary Ann Clark
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| Autore: |
Clark Mary Ann <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Then we'll sing a new song [[electronic resource] ] : African influences on America's religious landscape / / Mary Ann Clark
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 200.89/96073 |
| Soggetto topico: | Slavery - Africa |
| Slavery - United States | |
| African Americans - Religion | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Africa Religion |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | A most religious nation -- Jesus is my bosom friend: the development of American religion -- African Christianity: kingdom of Kongo -- The dead are not dead -- Children of Oduduwa: the Oyo empire -- Then why not every man? -- Children of the leopard: kingdom of Dahomey -- That voodoo that you do -- New African branches. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book tells the often-unrecognized, but important, story of how African religions have shaped faith in America. Mary Ann Clark explores the cultures of three African kingdoms that contributed significant numbers of their population to the Atlantic slave trade, then examines how each may have influenced contemporary American beliefs and culture. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Then we'll sing a new song |
| ISBN: | 1280779071 |
| 9786613689467 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452388403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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