The New Black Gods: Arthur Huff Fauset and the Study of African American Religions

By: Edward E. Curtis IV and Danielle Brune Sigler

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Synopsis: Taking the influential work of Arthur Huff Fauset as a starting point to break down the false dichotomy that exists between mainstream and marginal, a new generation of scholars offers fresh ideas for understanding the religious expressions of African Americans in the United States. Fauset's 1944 classic, Black Gods of the Metropolis, launched original methods and theories for thinking about African American religions as modern, cosmopolitan, and democratic. The essays in this collection show the diversity of African American religion in the wake of the Great Migration and consider the full field of African American religion from Pentecostalism to Black Judaism, Black Islam, and Father Divine's Peace Mission Movement. As a whole, they create a dynamic, humanistic, and thoroughly interdisciplinary understanding of African American religious history and life. This book is essential reading for anyone who studies the African American experience.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 288 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780253004086
Related ISBNs:: 9780253220578, 9780253352828
Publisher:: Indiana University Press
Date of Addition:: 11/23/23
Copyrighted By:: Indiana University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Sociology
Grade Levels:: Graduate Student
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Edward E. Curtis IV
Edited by:: Danielle Brune Sigler

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