Something Within
Religion in African-American Political Activism
1st Edition
Published on 26. August 1999
240 pages
978-0-19-802821-5 (ISBN)
Description
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."
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. When a Little Becomes Much: Religious Resources in Action
- 3. Prophetic Fragments: Macro and Micro Foundations of Religious Resources
- 4. Religion Reconsidered: Black Protest and Electoral Activism in an Age of Transformation
- 5. Blessed Assurance: Religion, Personal Empowerment, and African-American Political Activism
- 6. Rock in a Weary Land: Religious Institutions and African-American Political Activism
- 7. Ties That Bind: Linking Religion and Intermediary Resources to Political Action
- 8. The Last Shall Be First: Religion, Oppositional Culture, and African-American Political Mobilization
- 9. In My Father's House: Religion and Gender in African-American Political Life
- Epilogue. It Remains to Be Seen: Stability and Change in Religion and African-American Politics
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Notes
- References
- Index
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