Something Within Religion in African-American Political Activism
, by Harris, Fredrick C.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780195120332 | 0195120337
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 8/26/1999
One of the first book-length studies devoted to religion and African-American political activism in a generation, Something Within explores how Afro-Christianity, in various ways, promotes the political activism of African-Americans. Combining ethnography, history, contextual analysis, and survey research, this book illustrates the participatory effects of Afro-Christianity by examining its institutional, psychological, and cultural influences. Going beyond the opiate-inspiration debate that has dominated research on the subject, Author Fredrick C. Harris advances a new theory of religion as a political resource for a "civic culture in opposition."