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Sto caricando le informazioni... Introducing African American religiondi Anthony B. Pinn
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An essential question permeates Anthony Pinn's Introducing African American Religion: How are the “thinking and practices” of African American religious traditions tied “to the quest for greater life meaning?” (xi). Pursuing the answer to this question allows Pinn to go beyond general reviews of African American religious practices, a temptation that would seduce many scholars brave enough to undertake the task of writing an introductory text to the field. Instead, Pinn reviews four primary African American religious traditions—Christianity, Islam, Traditional African Religions, and Humanism—to illustrate how “life meaning gets played out in relationship to slavery, continued discrimination, socio-political struggle and in connection to key issues such as sex, gender, sexuality, politics, key cultural developments, and so on” (xi). This distinctive feature of Pinn's Introducing African American Religion makes it unique in its breadth and courageous in its ambition.
This book offers a creative and unique approach to the history of African American religion. Tracing what it has meant to be African American and religious within the context of the United States, it provides a vital snapshot of some of the traditions that have shaped the religious imagination of the country. Major themes and problems encountered by African Americans involved in a variety of traditions are depicted in a clear and engaging fashion. The chapters move from the period of slavery and the early arrangement of religious thought and practice within communities of enslaved Africans to the more recent growth in the number of African American "Nones". Drawing on cultural developments such as hip hop, Anthony Pinn links the language and activities of African American religious experience to the cultural worlds in which African Americans live. Introducing African American Religion includes illustrations, summaries, discussion questions and suggestions for further reading as well as a glossary and chronology, helping students to become familiar with the main terms of the traditions discussed and to place their development in historical context. Additional resources can be found on the companion website: www.routledge.com/cw/pinn Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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