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Price: $7.00
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Sale: $4.22
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Manufacturer: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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Dewey Decimal Number: 232.96
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Publication Date: 2005-02-01
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Reading Level: 200
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Description: This volume explores the biblical, historical, and theological roots of African American views. Issues include black embodiment and the reality of suffering, the forsakenness of Christ and African American experience, and the passion as reflected in black hymnody and biblical reading, and Jesus’ suffering as seen in slave religion and since then. Contributors • Matthew V. Johnson • James A. Noel • Joanne M. Terrell • Boykins Sanders • Karen Baker-Fletcher • Demetrius K.Williams
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Price: $24.99
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Sale: $15.00
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Manufacturer: Chalice Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Kenneth H. Hill
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Publisher: Chalice Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 268.08996073
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Publication Date: 2007-05-11
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Reading Level: 180
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Description: This book is a comprehensive survey of African American Christian Religious Education (AACRE). It addresses historical, theological, and ministerial issues. The book defines concepts and explores history, considers the diverse voices that are addressing AACRE, and then focuses on educational theory and practice. Religious Education in the African American Tradition considers a diversity of voices, including those of evangelical, Pentecostal, liberation, and womanist theologians.
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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $14.50
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Manufacturer: Duke University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Mattias Gardell::Mattias Gardell
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Publisher: Duke University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 297.87
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Publication Date: 1996-12
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Reading Level: 496
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Description: This book retells the fascinating story of the Nation of Islam--its rise in nothern inner-city ghettos during the Great Depression through its decline following the death of Elijah Muhammad in 1975 to its rejuvenation under the leadership of Louis Farrakhan. "An outstanding work."--Clifton E. Marsh, author of From Black Muslims to Muslims.
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Price: $27.50
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Sale: $22.45
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Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Leslie G. Desmangles
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 299.67
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Publication Date: 1992-12-14
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in Vodouisants' beliefs and practices. Desmangles sees Vodou not simply as a grafting of European religious traditions onto African stock, but as a true creole phenomenon, born out of the oppressive conditions of slavery and the necessary adaptation of slaves to a New World environment. Desmangles uses Haitian history to explain this phenomenon, paying particular attention to the role of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century maroon communities in preserving African traditions and the attempts by the Catholic, educated elite to suppress African-based "superstitions." The result is a society in which one religion, Catholicism, is visible and official; the other, Vodou, is unofficial and largely secretive.
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Price: $20.00
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Sale: $19.88
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Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: University of Illinois Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 299.6098
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Publication Date: 2005-08-15
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Reading Level: 280
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Description: The bones of Pierre Toussaint, the first proposed African-American Catholic saint, were disinterred and spread around in the New World. In his introduction, Patrick Bellegarde-Smith suggests the same is true of the religious practices that peoples of African descent and victims of the Atlantic slave trade brought with them. Fragments of Bone examines the evolution of these religions as they have been adapted and re-contextualized in various New World environments. The essays in Fragments of Bone discuss African religions as forms of resistance and survival in the face of Western cultural hegemony and imperialism. The collection is unique in presenting the voices of scholars primarily outside of the Western tradition, speaking on the issues they, as practitioners, regard as important. Bellegarde-Smith, himself a priest in the Haitian Vodou religion, brings together thirteen contributors from different disciplines, genders, and nationalities. The authors address the creolized African religions beginning with their evolution from Nigeria and Benin to New Orleans, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, Brazil, and Guyana. The more familiar neo-African religions of Vodou and Santeria are also discussed, as are the less well-known religious practices of Kongo-Angolan martial arts, Candomble, Lukumi, and Palomonte. Fragments of Bone draws on an impressive range of sources including research, fieldwork, personal interviews, and spiritual introspection. Examining the theology, cosmology, rituals and their sociopolitical contexts, the authors demonstrate that the African ethos behind these religions remains true to the original theological beliefs of the ancestral practices. Bellegarde-Smith's provocative thesis claims that fragments of the ancestral traditions are fluidly interwoven in the New World African religions as creolized rituals, symbolic systems, and cultural identities. Today, African diasporic religions have become embedded in key social and political institutions. Fragments of Bone is an indispensable resource for scholars of the African and Afro-Caribbean diaspora, or anyone interested in religion, anthropology or African-American studies.
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Price: $19.00
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Sale: $15.00
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Manufacturer: University of Tennessee Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Carolyn Morrow Long
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Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 299.64
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Publication Date: 2001-04
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Reading Level: 314
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Description: They can be found along the side streets of many American cities: herb or candle shops catering to practitioners of Voodoo, hoodoo, Santería, and similar beliefs. Here one can purchase ritual items and raw materials for the fabrication of traditional charms, plus a variety of soaps, powders, and aromatic goods known in the trade as "spiritual products." For those seeking health or success, love or protection, these potions offer the power of the saints and the authority of the African gods. In Spiritual Merchants, Carolyn Morrow Long provides an inside look at the followers of African-based belief systems and the retailers and manufacturers who supply them. Traveling from New Orleans to New York, from Charleston to Los Angeles, she takes readers on a tour of these shops, examines the origins of the products, and profiles the merchants who sell them. Long describes the principles by which charms are thought to operate, how ingredients are chosen, and the uses to which they are put. She then explores the commodification of traditional charms and the evolution of the spiritual products industry--from small-scale mail order "doctors" and hoodoo drugstores to major manufacturers who market their products worldwide. She also offers an eye-opening look at how merchants who are not members of the culture entered the business through the manufacture of other goods such as toiletries, incense, and pharmaceuticals. Her narrative includes previously unpublished information on legendary Voodoo queens and hoodoo workers, as well as a case study of John the Conqueror root and its metamorphosis from spirit-embodying charm to commercial spiritual product. No other book deals in such detail with both the history and current practices of African-based belief systems in the United States and the evolution of the spiritual products industry. For students of folklore or anyone intrigued by the world of charms and candle shops, Spiritual Merchants examines the confluence of African and European religion in the Americas and provides a colorful introduction to a vibrant aspect of contemporary culture.
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Price: $26.95
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Sale: $24.25
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Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Emilie M. Townes
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Dewey Decimal Number: 170.82
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Publication Date: 2006-11-14
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: This groundbreaking book provides an analytical tool to understand how and why evil works in the world as it does. Deconstructing memory, history, and myth as received wisdom, the volume critically examines racism, sexism, poverty, and stereotypes.
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Price: $74.95
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Sale: $67.42
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Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: William David Hart
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Dewey Decimal Number: 200.92396073
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Publication Date: 2008-06-10
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Reading Level: 244
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Description: Black Religion explores the complexity of the black spiritual imagination using the autobiographies of three prominent religious leaders. Looking at Malcolm X’s journey from Christianity to Islam, social parasite to “race man,” libertine to ascetic, Hart delves into the spiritual dimensions of Malcolm X’s life. Hart then examines the affinities between Malcolm’s spiritual journey and the journeys of Julius Lester and Jan Willis-- none of whom conform to standard expectations of what it means to be a black person and a religious person. Hart argues that the Muslim, Judaic, and Buddhist commitments of these autobiographers show that the black spiritual imagination—religious, political, and personal—cannot be limited to the standard narrative of Black Religion, nor can spirituality be limited to religion. |
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $20.00
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Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Henry John Drewal::Margaret Thompson Drewal
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Publisher: Indiana University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306.089963
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Publication Date: 1990-08
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Reading Level: 322
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $3.90
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Manufacturer: Dafina
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Maitefa Angaza
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Publisher: Dafina
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Dewey Decimal Number: 394.2612
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Publication Date: 2007-10-01
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Reading Level: 253
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Description: From Preparation To Celebration, Make Your Kwanzaa A Family Tradition! Traditionally, Kwanzaa brings family, friends, and the community together for a winter celebration. But Kwanzaa can be a part of your life year round. The twenty million people of African descent who celebrate this holiday steeped in cultural richness observe the holiday for its seven principles--principles that inspire the individual and promote community. Whether you're a first-time celebrant or a seasoned veteran, Kwanzaa: From Holiday to Every Day is a must-have reference for making Kwanzaa special for you and your loved ones. With this book, you'll learn: - Planning for daily observance and festive gatherings
- The seven principles at the heart of Kwanzaa...
- How to involve everyone in your Karamu (feast)
- Recipes for traditional dishes you can make at home...
- Zawadi (gifts) that reflect your values...
- Popular Kwanzaa songs and even one Kwanzaa rap...
- Where to find the best Kwanzaa accessories
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Let Kwanzaa: From Holiday to Every Day show you how to turn your Kwanzaa observance into a way of life to enrich your family, friends, and community. "Of the several books on Kwanzaa, few are invested with such utility as Maitefa Angaza's thorough-going discussion and analysis...a meaningful, wonderful guide." --Herb Boyd, author of We Shall Overcome: The History of the Civil Rights Movement As It Happened
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