The Burden of Black Religion Tapa dura - 2008 - 1st Edición

New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvii, 372 pp, notes, biblio, index; very minor wear & soiling. [16]

Oxford University Press. Very Good-. 2008. Hardcover. 0195328183 . Slight shelf wear to the spine and corners.; 9.1 X 1.2 X 6.5 inches; 392 pages .

Hardback. New. Religion has always been a focal element in the long and tortured history of American ideas about race. In The Burden of Black Religion, Curtis Evans traces ideas about African American religion from the antebellum period to the middle of the twentieth century. Central to the story, he argues, was the deep-rooted notion that blacks were somehow "naturally" religious. At first, this assumed natural impulse toward religion served as a signal trait of black people's humanity - potentially their unique contribution to American culture. Abolitionists seized on this point, linking black religion to the black capacity for freedom. Soon, however, these first halting steps toward a multiracial democracy were reversed. As Americans began to value reason, rationality, and science over religious piety, the idea of an innate black religiosity was used to justify preserving the inequalities of the status quo. Later, social scientists - both black and white - sought… Leer más

Oxford University Press. Hardcover. New. 9x6x1. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

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