African American Religious Cultures (2 Vol. Set)

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
The Americas......Page 14
Africans in the American Hemisphere: African Americans......Page 15
African American Religious Cultures......Page 24
Part 1 - ENTRIES......Page 36
AFRICAN AMERICAN MYSTICISM......Page 38
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE LUTHERAN CHURCH......Page 42
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND RELIGIOUS HUMANISM......Page 47
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND SECULAR HUMANISM......Page 55
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH......Page 60
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH......Page 73
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH......Page 83
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH......Page 93
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH......Page 101
AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH......Page 108
AMERICAN MUSLIM MISSION......Page 112
APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION CHURCH OF GOD......Page 123
BAHÁ’Í FAITH......Page 126
BATUQUE......Page 139
THE BIG DRUM RITUAL......Page 142
BLACK HEBREW ISRAELITE TRADITION......Page 146
BUDDHISM......Page 150
CANDOMBLÉ......Page 160
CATIMBÓ......Page 170
CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH......Page 171
CHURCH OF CHRIST HOLINESS USA......Page 179
CHURCH OF GOD (CLEVELAND)......Page 183
CHURCH OF GOD AND SAINTS OF CHRIST......Page 187
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST......Page 192
CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD, PILLAR OF TRUTH FOR ALL NATIONS......Page 201
COMMANDMENT KEEPERS OF HARLEM......Page 204
CONJURE......Page 209
CONVINCE (JAMAICA)......Page 213
ESPIRITISMO......Page 216
FIRE BAPTIZED HOLINESS CHURCH OF GOD OF THE AMERICAS......Page 220
GAGA......Page 226
GARÍFUNA RELIGION......Page 228
HOODOO......Page 232
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES......Page 236
KUMINA......Page 242
MACUMBA......Page 246
MAROONS......Page 249
METROPOLITAN SPIRITUAL CHURCHES OF CHRIST, INC.......Page 253
MOORISH SCIENCE TEMPLE OF AMERICA, INC.......Page 257
MORAVIAN CHURCH......Page 261
MORMON CHURCH......Page 267
NATION OF ISLAM......Page 274
NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION OF AMERICA, INC.......Page 287
NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, USA, INC.......Page 290
NEW AGE MOVEMENT......Page 300
NEW THOUGHT RELIGIONS AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE......Page 308
OBEAH......Page 318
THE ORISHA RELIGION IN TRINIDAD......Page 320
OYOTUNJI AFRICAN VILLAGE......Page 325
PALO MONTE......Page 338
PEACE MISSION MOVEMENT......Page 343
PEOPLES TEMPLE......Page 349
POCOMANIA......Page 357
PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, INC.......Page 365
RADA......Page 374
RASTAFARI......Page 376
SANTERÍA......Page 386
SANTERISMO......Page 396
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS......Page 398
SHRINE OF THE BLACK MADONNA......Page 402
SPIRITUAL BAPTISTS......Page 410
SPIRITUALISM......Page 415
TAMBOR DE MINA......Page 422
UMBANDA......Page 426
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION......Page 431
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST......Page 436
UNITED HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE......Page 440
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH......Page 447
UNIVERSAL HAGAR’S SPIRITUAL CHURCH......Page 456
VOODOO......Page 462
WICCA......Page 476
XANGÔ......Page 480
Part 2 - ESSAYS......Page 484
African American Literature and Religion......Page 486
The African American Megachurch Phenomenon......Page 498
African American Preaching and Sermonic Traditions......Page 512
African American Religion and the Environment......Page 526
African American Religion and Gender......Page 534
African American Religion, Healing, and Health......Page 544
African American Religion and Politics......Page 552
African American Religion and Popular Culture......Page 568
African American Religion in the Urban Context......Page 584
African American Religious Thought......Page 596
Education and African American Religion......Page 610
Psychology of African American Religious Behavior......Page 628
Worship in the African American Church Tradition......Page 642
Chronology of People and Events......Page 650
APPENDIX - Primary Documents......Page 672
AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HUMANIST DECLARATION......Page 673
THE BLACK MANIFESTO......Page 677
EXPLAINING THE PEACE MISSION......Page 685
AFRICAN RITUAL MUSIC IN CUBA......Page 690
AFRO-BRAZILIAN MUSICAL CULTURE......Page 695
BURIAL IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA—AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND......Page 699
BURIAL IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA—BURIAL, AFRICAN PRACTICES IN THE AMERICAS......Page 701
MUSIC OF THE CARIBBEAN......Page 704
SLAVERY, PLANTATIONS, AND AFRO-CARIBBEAN CULTURE......Page 708
SPIRIT POSSESSION......Page 711
THE EDITORS......Page 718
THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 719
Index......Page 724