The variety and complexity of its traditions make African American religion one of the most difficult topics in religious studies to teach to undergraduates. Th

The variety and complexity of its traditions make African American religion a difficult topic to teach at undergraduate level. The essays in this volume offer p

Since the first African American denomination was established in Philadelphia in 1818, churches have gone beyond their role as spiritual guides in African Ameri

Twenty years ago, Anthony Pinn‘s engrossing survey highlighted the rich diversity of black religious life in America, revealing expressions of an ever-changin

In the midst of a nineteenth-century boom in spiritual experimentation, the Cercle Harmonique, a remarkable group of African-descended men, practiced Spirituali