Collects almost five hundred entries that cover the African response to spirituality, taboos, ethics, sacred space, and objects.

Preceded by three introductory essays and a chronology of major events in black religious history from 1618 to 1991, this A-Z encyclopedia includes three types

In the 1960s Black Studies emerged as both an academic field and a radical new ideological paradigm. Editors Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama (Black Studies, T

A fundamental and well-illustrated reference collection for anyone interested in the role of women in North American religious life.