Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions (Religion and Society)

Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions (Religion and Society)This important new reference covers African and African American religion in sub Saharan Africa, North America, South America, and the Caribbean, and provides vital insights into its growing worldwide influence in Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. Entries encompass individuals, concepts, specific religions, religious movements and churches, and include: Akan, Aladura, Azusa Street Mission, Black theology, candomble, Dominican vodun, the Harrist

they too can make important contributions to our world

we still want to nourish our bodies

Opening with an in-depth account of the creation of the series within the BBC of the early 1960s

it was the deadliest battle of the Overland Campaign

By moving the center of the analysis away from the United States

A poetic memoir about coming-of-age in the AIDS era

his traumatic childhood and how it propelled him into his music career

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to his awkward teenage years

Amiri Baraka

After five years of marriage

Her passion for writing gives her an outlet to feel worthy in the eyes of her friends and family