Then We'll Sing a New Song
African Influences on America's Religious Landscape- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2012
Summary
Then We'll Sing a New Song is a fascinating examination of how African religions have shaped belief and practices in America. Not just the story of the development of African American religions or the black church, this book tells the often-unrecognized, but important story of how African religions have shaped religion in America more broadly.
Mary Ann Clark introduces readers to the cultures of three African kingdoms that contributed significant numbers of their population to the African slave trade, and also profoundly shaped religion in America—the Kingdom of Kongo, the Oyo Empire, and the Kingdom of Dahomey. Each of these groups has a unique history within the long history of the Atlantic slave trade and interacts with the Americas at a specific point in history. Clark shows how each may have had an influence on contemporary American beliefs and culture, sometimes in surprising ways. The book features a glossary, timeline, and maps.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2012
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4422-0879-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4422-0881-0
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 234
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Chapter 1: A Most Religious Nation No access Pages 1 - 22
- Chapter 2: Jesus Is My Bosom Friend No access Pages 23 - 46
- Chapter 3: African Christ ianity No access Pages 47 - 66
- Chapter 4: The Dead Are Not Dead No access Pages 67 - 86
- Chapter 5: Children of Oduduwa No access Pages 87 - 108
- Chapter 6: Then Why Not Every Man? No access Pages 109 - 130
- Chapter 7: Children of the Leopard No access Pages 131 - 150
- Chapter 8: That Voodoo That You Do No access Pages 151 - 168
- Chapter 9: New African Branches No access Pages 169 - 192
- Notes No access Pages 193 - 198
- Glossary No access Pages 199 - 208
- Timeline No access Pages 209 - 214
- Additional Readings No access Pages 215 - 218
- Bibliography No access Pages 219 - 226
- Index No access Pages 227 - 234





